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About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins dead in mass stranding on Chatham Islands off New Zealand
About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 kilometres off New Zealand’s east coast.
Key points:
- Most of the whales stranded during the weekend, with only 26 whales still alive
- Mass strandings are reasonably common on the remote islands
- It follows mass strandings on Tasmania’s West Coast in September
Most of them were stranded during the weekend but rescue efforts have been hampered by the remote location of the island which resulted in 28 whales being euthanised.
New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) said in total 97 pilot whales and three dolphins died in the stranding, adding that they were notified of the incident on Sunday.
“Only 26 of the whales were still…
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