Comments on: 11 Beached Whales Rescued By Volunteers

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:27:10 +0000

Cool, well thanks for getting back to me! much appreciated.

The Greenpeace article is interesting, but I’m really interested in some real numbers from someone without a vested interest .n

I’ll keep looking.

Thanks again though

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:35:58 +0000

I don’t currently have any statistics for this - the “low success rate” line was based on anecdotal reports rather than actual numbers.

Having said this, according to Greenpeace New Zealand, New Zealand has the highest success rate in the world at 95% (although, it also has the most strandings).

Here’s Greenpeace’s article:
http://weblog.greenpeace.org.nz/oceans/whale-resuce-101/

I realize that 95% probably doesn’t sound like a “low success rate”, however, this is reportedly the highest success rate in the world.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:05:41 +0000

Hello.
Do you by any chance have, or know where i might find the stats for the whale rescue sucess rates in your part of the world? Here in South Africa a lot of folks are referring to Australias and New Zealands whale rescue programmes, but noone seems to know the numbers.
I saw your reference “known for their low success rates” and was hoping you had some numbers (hopefully something official or preferably a peer reviewed paper).

many thanks
nice site
Phil

By: CAPT David Williams

CAPT David Williams — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:50:16 +0000

After almost 40 years of trying to solve the whale stranding mystery, my group has finally accomplished its goal. (http://www.deafwhale.com)

We believe the pod stranded near Stanley, Tasmania was injured on 20 October by an undersea earthquake 2,400 miles upstream from the stranding site.

http://www.deafwhale.com/stranded_whale/2008/pilot_whales_nov_tasmania.htm