Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 12:54 pm
An intensive search for the pod of the
stranded baby orca – named Toa – has continued daily for
the last week-and-a-half.
The young orca calf has
been cared for around-the-clock by Department of
Conservation (DOC) staff and volunteers since becoming
separated from his mother at Plimmerton, north of
Wellington, on Sunday 11 July. It’s reported the cost to
taxpayers of looking after Toa is estimated at
The SMC asked experts to comment on ethical
considerations in this evolving situation.
Dr Karen
Stockin, Professor in Marine Biology and Rutherford
Discovery Fellow, Massey University, comments:
“The
situation for Toa was always very fragile from the moment he
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Three sperm whales stranded on Dargaville beach all now dead
9 Mar, 2021 11:47 PM
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The sperm whales washed up on Ripiro Beach and were currently being harvested by local iwi. Photo / DoC
Three male sperm whales stranded on a Northland beach have all died.
The Department of Conservation today said the whales stranded on Ripiro Beach on the Poutu Peninsula near Dargaville on Monday night.
Spokeswoman Abigail Monteith said a member of the public found the whales and notified the department.
Staff monitored them overnight but they died on Tuesday morning.
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Local iwi were now in the process of flensing - or harvesting - the bones. They would then be buried.
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