Stranded whales die in New Zealand
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All of the 145 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote New Zealand beach have died.
However, conservation workers are hoping to save some of the eight pygmy killer whales that remained stranded yesterday at the other end of the country in an unrelated event.
A hiker discovered the pilot whales in two pods about 2 kilometers apart late Saturday on Stewart Island. About 75 were already dead and conservation workers decided to euthanize the others due to their poor condition. The whales were found at Mason鈥檚 Bay about 35 kilometers from the main township of Oban.
鈥淵ou feel for the animals, it鈥檚 just a really sad event,鈥 said Ren Leppens, the operations manager for the Department of Conservation. 鈥淵ou wish you could understand the reasoning why the whales strand better, so you could intervene.鈥
Leppens said the whales were half buried in sand and not in good health, indicating they had been there for perhaps a day before they were found. He said staff shot the whales and the carcasses would be left where they were for nature to take its course.
Meanwhile, 10 pygmy killer whales have been found stranded at Ninety Mile Beach on the North Island. Two have since died, and conservation staff plan to try and refloat the remaining eight.
Whale strandings can be caused by a number of factors such as the whales trying to escape predators, falling ill, or navigating incorrectly.
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