24 pilot whales die after beaching in Baja California
Source: Associated Press
24 pilot whales die after beaching in Baja California
May 15, 2016
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two dozen pilot whales have died after beaching themselves on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula despite efforts to move them into deeper waters.
Mexico's Navy said in a statement Sunday that its personnel worked along with soldiers, agents of the environmental ministry and local fishermen trying to save the whales on the western shore of the Gulf of California.
It says that only three of the 27 that came ashore were saved. Some returned to the beach after being led into deeper waters.
Photographs distributed by the Navy show a tight cluster of the black whales flopped in shallow water with rescuers trying to push them into deeper water. The statement speculates that the mammals were disoriented and says no signs of injuries were noted.
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I wonder what happened. My first suspicion is Sonar equipment of some type throwing them off, but I could be totally wrong on that.
