New Zealand: Over 200 whales die in mass stranding

More than 200 #whales have died in a remote island off the eastern coast of #NewZealand. Rescue teams were unable to refloat the whales because of the active threat of great white sharks in the region.

More than 200 pilot whales have died after being stranded on the shores of New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands, the New Zealand's Department of Conservation said on Saturday.

Conservation officers said in a statement that they could not actively refloat whales stuck on the island because of "the risk of shark attack to both humans and the whales themselves."
#Earth #Oceans #Catastrophe #Environment
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