Whale stranding in New Zealand

Speak to locals and they will correcty point out that whales get stranded on a regular basis, especially at Farewell Spit.  But I am not sure about the scale.

Pilot whales are local but they could be eating fish that migrate.

This has to be seen in  the context of the phenomenon of die-offs of birds and higher mammals elsewhere in the Pacific and beyond.

No doubt that life is dying in the Pacific

Nearly 50 whales in latest stranding

Volunteers and rangers have left 48 whales that have re-stranded at Farewell Spit for the night, in the hope they will refloat on the incoming high tide and move off.

Radio NZ,

20 Janaury, 2014

The pilot whales began to strand there again shortly before 4.30pm on Sunday after being refloated and swimming at sea for several hours.

They were cared for by about 40 volunteers until dark, when all helpers and DoC staff had to leave because it was too risky to stay.

Earlier on Sunday afternoon, the department had attempted to refloat the pod of 62. Two whales died in that attempt, while 10 did not follow the main group out to sea and ended up back along the Spit coast.

DoC says of those 10, two died, and eight were euthanised.

On Sunday morning nine whales died and on Saturday 40 whales were found at the beach and despite attempts by volunteers they all either died or beached again overnight.

Whales Dying En Masse: Signs We’re Next

By Susan Duclos

Beforeitsnews,

19 January, 2014

Videographer David Vose points out that whales are dying en masse, in another example of strange animal and sea life behavior. Recently we have seen birds falling out of the sky dead, Bald Eagles dying in Utah, starfish turning to goo, multiple species of sea life gravitating to areas in record breaking numbers and 98 percent of the Pacific ocean floor is littered with death – yet the “official” reports claim that each instance has a different cause, from global warming to West Niles virus, yet with the massive radiation coming from the cripple Fukushima nuclear plant, some might ask if that could be the cause, but the majority of the MSM refuse to even consider it, while the government turns off their radiation monitors (or claim they have) and say “everything is fine.”

Today it is the whales…… will humans be tomorrow?