Just three days after145 pilot whalesdied following a mass stranding on a remote stint of sand on Stewart Island , New Zealand , theAustralian Associated Pressreported that a hunchback whale and 27 pilot whales beached on the shores of Croajingolong home ballpark in Victoria , Australia , on Tuesday . As of yesterday good afternoon , the bulk of the marine mammal had already perished .
“ We have flown in experient staff including a wildlife expert by helicopter to conduct an initial assessment late this afternoon and they have found that alas most of the whales have died , with the few remaining not expect to subsist , ” Michael Turner , an employee of the Victoria environment department , told the news electric outlet . Indeed , the animals break in brief after .
And in the third such tragical incident in one week , a pod ofpygmy killer whalesbeached on New Zealand ’s Ninety Mile Beach on Sunday . presently , only one of the animals is still active .
According to theNew York Post , by the time Department of Conservation staff arrived at the beach – located near the wind of the nation ’s North Island – two of the cetacean were already too far gone for rescue attempts and die shortly after . Meanwhile , officials and voluntary from the cetacean non - profitProject Jonahtried to keep the other eight animals alive , while a refloating plan was being formulated , by draping them with stiff fabric and continually drenching them with saltwater .
The next day , the stay Pigmy grampus whales – which are actually a uncommon type of dolphin that marine scientist know trivial about – were transported across the peninsula by route on hay - line trailer to Rarawa Beach , where the waters are calmer . When they arrived , the dolphins were once again keep nerveless and damp until the next high-pitched tide the following morning . Over 200 volunteers came to Rarawa to assist refloat the mammals on Tuesday .
Sadly , two dolphins cursorily re - strand themselves , as often happens during thesemysterious occurrent .
“ They were calling to the other whales in the pod and they were amount back in , ” Department of Conservation commando Jamie Werner told the Post . “ So we made a prompt decision to euthanize them .
“ It ’s actually phenomenal to see how in tune they are with each other . ”
Werner and his colleagues then stayed on the scene to monitor the six fauna until they swam into deeper water . But by Wednesday , five of the six dolphins get out alive had also re - stranded , perNewshub , forcing agency veterinarians to put them down as well .
The one stay whale is believed to still be offshore .
" I can confirm that the stay on pygmy killer heavyweight has not been seen since Wednesday good afternoon , " Project Jonah general manager Daren Grover tell IFLScience .
" Regarding strandings , New Zealand has one of the highest stranding rates in the world but thanks to our constitution and well - trained member of the world , we also have one of the highest achiever rates , " he continued . " Whales and dolphins can run aground for many grounds , whether they may be old or mad , or in unfamiliar waters and caught our by some of our geography ( gentle incline beaches with a large tidal range that can catch out whales close to shoring ) . "
" They might also be chased close to shoring by other ocean marauder or confused by submerged sounds including those made by humans . There are other human - caused ( anthropogenetic ) reasons including ; corrode plastics in the ocean and becoming emaciate , increase pressure on food triggered by over - fishing , increased ocean temperatures cause by mood change , and being caught and injured in fishing net . "
