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At least 15 pilot whales have run aground in the Florida Keys. The below raw video from the Associated Press shows a whale struggling in what looks like a mangrove swamp and two more stuck in shallows. According to Ft Lauderdale/Miami local news for station WSVN-TV, a volunteer rescue effort is taking place to help the pilot whales with help from the US Navy.
A pod of around 80 pilot whales stranded itself on a New Zealand beach earlier this week. The whales were spotted Wednesday morning on a beach at Spirits Bay on New Zealand’s North Island. Dozens died before a rescue effort successfully moved 24 of the whales to another beach some 50km south for release. An additional three died during the relocation effort according to an AAP report. Now at Rarawa Beach, the surviving whales will be released tonight and herded in the right direction by boats. From a Press Association report: On Thursday, volunteers moved the 24 surviving members of…
After the mass stranding in New Zealand, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 60 whales on a beach on the country’s North Island, the annual mass slaughter of pilot whales is taking place in the autonomous province of the Faroe Islands, part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It seems that pilot whales – which like killer whales are actually part of the dolphin family, despite their closer resemblance to whales – just cannot get a break. Thankfully, they have the former blonde bombshell and French film star Brigitte Bardot to plead their case. The Independent reports: Brigitte Bardot, the…
According to a report in the Independent, at least 11 of the 58 whales that beached themselves on Karikari Beach in Northern New Zealand on Thursday night have been successfully refloated. The reports differ about the number of saved pilot whales – the Associated Press reports that only 9 survived and 4 were euthanized: The survivors had headed out to sea Saturday afternoon and were monitored to ensure they did not return to the beach, Conservation Department spokeswoman Carolyn Smith said. But within an hour four of them became stranded again, Smith said. Furthermore, the estimated total number of deaths…
Rescue volunteers in New Zealand are attempting to save 15 pilot whales that washed up on the remote Karikari Beach on the northern tip of the country’s North Island. A total of 73 whales were stranded and so far 58 of them have died. A member of New Zealand’s Department of Conservation stated that the pilot whales probably beached themselves at night, which delayed their discovery and the rescue effort. From an Associated Press report: New Zealand frequently sees several mass whale strandings around its coastline, mainly each summer as whales pass by on their migration to and from Antarctic…
According to an AFP story, 105 pilot whales died after being stranded on a beach near the town of Nelson on the South Island of New Zealand on Saturday. A further 21 whales beached and died on Sunday on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Local volunteers and tourists were able to get 42 whales back into the sea, where one promptly gave birth to a calf, giving the tragic story a silver lining. ‘Last they were seen, they were swimming healthily out to the ocean’, regional conservation spokeswoman Lyn Williams said. –AFP/ABC News (Australia) For more on…
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