A rescue mission is under way for a whale in trouble off Caroline Bay in Timaru. Meanwhile, the Department of Conservation is working to move a second stranded whale to a burial site after it died two days ago at Whakatete Bay, north of Thames. DoC confirmed on Sunday its staff were attending to the second whale in Timaru. Stranded whale here in Timaru. Just two days ago a Bryde’s whale was stranded at Whakatete Bay, north of Thames, but it died.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 28, 2020 02:03 UTC