” Swat” Team To Stranded Whales
NZ Herald2012-03-30: A newly formed “swat team” is ready to spring into action the moment a pod of whales strands on the Northland coast. The launch of Whale Rescue at Opua last weekend brought together many of the region’s top marine mammal experts, and the fundraising muscle needed to pay for rescue equipment. The group was born of two mass strandings in the Far North in 2010, one at Karikari Beach and the other a month later at Spirits Bay. The latter rescue bid involved transporting 24 surviving pilot whales more than 50km on a fleet of trucks, the most ambitious rescue attempted in New Zealand. It revealed, however, that… more »
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