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Team effort sees most beached whales freed from Coromandel - Video

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:29
An army of volunteers has managed to save most of the pod of whales which beached in the Coromandel this morning. - read full story »
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Comments [10]

SJR
28 Jan 2010 11:16a.m.

Well said Amelia, we were there in the water helping them that day, whilst I bet JD was beating up his neighbours cat or something.

Amelia
22 Jan 2010 11:28p.m.

Oh JD there is always one of you isnt there?

Arent we interfering with nature with everything else we do to destroy their habitat. Arent we interfering with them by smashing into them because of our busy shipping lanes? arent we interfering with them when we interfere with their sensitive radar with all our human equipment?
Do you not think it is not too much to ask that we give back? that we use our human hands for good, do you not think we owe them at least that? In return for using the very same human hands to destroy them in their thousands?

For every good person on the beach that day a balance is acheived which nagates theevil perpetrated by every whaler.

Its all about balance but I dont expect people like you to understand that.



So basically if a seal is caught in a fihermans net we should leave it to die? because its humans interfering with nature? rubbish

kiah
13 Jan 2010 9:41a.m.

wow! that was really great success saving all those whales. they smelt alot!! that was so good that the whole community came togethor to save all those whales we saved more than half of them

Becks
02 Jan 2010 10:08p.m.

Thank you at all the wonderful locals and holiday makers as well as DOC staff and Project Jonah, without the help and support these whales recieved they may not have made it back to the ocean. Thanks also to the Iwi for thier blessings of the outgoing and the dead.

Steve & Teresa Curtis
31 Dec 2009 3:57p.m.

Don't forget the people that were there at 5.30am in the morning along with Doc the locals that actually live here in Colville and the Colville volunteer fire brigade who were alerted at 6.15 and got there 6.30 and stayed all day helping to the very end. They were brilliant! Thank you to all the wonderful people on the bucket brigade!!

mark
29 Dec 2009 4:34p.m.

Project Jonah run whale rescue training courses around NZ, have a look at their website for details: www.projectjonah.org.nz

Jessie
29 Dec 2009 1:08p.m.

What an amazing result, well done everyone! Does anyone know where I can do the Project Jonah training course? I'd love to learn how to help if a stranding happens near me!

JD
28 Dec 2009 12:06a.m.

Humans interfering with nature yet again..

Mark
27 Dec 2009 11:05p.m.

"I'm beached as bro"....

Mark
27 Dec 2009 8:24p.m.

A great team effort from DOC, Project Jonah, local community and holiday makers alike. Well done to all concerned!

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