WELLINGTON, New Zealand — All of the 145 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote New Zealand beach have died.
在紐西蘭惠靈頓的偏遠海灘，145頭領航鯨全部擱淺死亡。
However, conservation workers are hoping to save some of the eight pygmy killer whales that remained stranded Monday at the other end of the country in an unrelated event.
然而，環保人員希望能拯救周一在該國另一端另一起擱淺事件中的8隻矮虎鯨中的幾隻。
A hiker discovered the pilot whales in two pods about 1.2 miles apart late Saturday on Stewart Island. About 75 were already dead and conservation workers decided to euthanize the others due to their poor condition and remote location.
周六晚些時候，一名徒步旅行者在距離斯圖爾特島約1.2英裡的地方發現了兩群領航鯨。大約有75隻當時已經死亡，因為營救條件不夠且位置偏遠，環保人員決定對其他領航鯨實施安樂死。
Only about 375 people live on Stewart Island, which is also called Rakiura. The whales were found at Mason’s Bay about 22 miles from the main township of Oban.
斯圖爾特島也叫拉基拉島，島上只有大約375人。這些鯨魚是在距離主要城鎮奧班鎮約22英裡的梅森灣被發現的。
「You feel for the animals, it’s just a really sad event,」 said Ren Leppens, the Rakiura operations manager for the Department of Conservation. 「It’s the kind of thing you don’t want to see. You wish you could understand the reasoning why the whales strand better, so you could intervene.」
拉基拉環保部的運營經理倫.勒本斯說：「你會為這些動物感到難過，這是一件非常令人難過的事情。這是你不想看到的事情。你希望你能更好地了解這些鯨魚擱淺的原因，這樣你就能進行幹預。」
Leppens said the whales were half buried in sand and not in good health, indicating they had been there for perhaps a day before they were found. He said staff shot the whales and the carcasses would be left where they were for nature to take its course.
勒本斯說，這些鯨魚被半埋在沙子裡，身體狀況不佳，這表明它們在被發現之前可能已經在那裡呆了一天。他說，工作人員射殺了這些鯨魚，屍體將被順其自然地留在原處。
Meanwhile, on Sunday, 10 pygmy killer whales were found stranded at Ninety Mile Beach on the North Island. Two have since died and staff plan to try and refloat the remaining eight.
與此同時，周日10隻矮虎鯨被發現擱淺在北島90裏海灘上。其中兩隻已經死亡，工作人員計劃嘗試讓其餘8隻重新浮起來。
Whale strandings are relatively common in New Zealand during the Southern Hemisphere spring and summer. It’s believed strandings can be caused by a number of factors, such as the whales trying to escape predators, falling ill, or navigating incorrectly.
在南半球的春季和夏季，鯨魚擱淺在紐西蘭較為常見。據說擱淺可能是由許多因素引起的，如鯨魚試圖逃脫捕食者，生病了，或導航錯誤。