90 whales stranded at Farewell Spit
90 whales stranded at Farewell Spit (New Zealand)
A pod of up to 90 pilot whales has stranded at Golden Bay at the top of the South Island, following the weekend stranding of four whales in the Bay of Plenty.
Department of Conservation (DoC) area manager John Mason said an aircraft pilot spotted the pod "milling around" in the area this morning (Monday).
"They were discovered about 10am this morning by a local pilot who was doing a flight over the base of Farewell Spit, and he saw the whales, looked at them and decided they were probably going to strand, and gave us a ring."
DoC workers tried to coax the "confused" whales out towards deeper water but the whales were unresponsive and were left stranded as the tide receded, he said.
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I pray for their safe return to Mother Ocean. 
