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6 whales die, dozens trapped off Florida's Everglades park
Source: CNN
6 whales die, dozens trapped off Florida's Everglades park
By Kim Segal and Tom Watkins, CNN
December 4, 2013 -- Updated 1756 GMT (0156 HKT)
(CNN) -- Six short-finned pilot whales have died and about 45 other whales were trapped Wednesday in shallow water off Florida's Everglades National Park.
Wildlife officials were trying to rescue the whales, which were found Tuesday stranded on the park's remote Highland Beach or trapped nearby in shallow water, Everglades park spokeswoman Linda Friar said.
Rangers found an unspecified number of whales beached, and others in the shallow water, after a fishing guide reported seeing one of the whales Tuesday afternoon, Friar said.
Wildlife workers were able to get some of the beached whales back into the water, she said.
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By Kim Segal and Tom Watkins, CNN
December 4, 2013 -- Updated 1756 GMT (0156 HKT)
(CNN) -- Six short-finned pilot whales have died and about 45 other whales were trapped Wednesday in shallow water off Florida's Everglades National Park.
Wildlife officials were trying to rescue the whales, which were found Tuesday stranded on the park's remote Highland Beach or trapped nearby in shallow water, Everglades park spokeswoman Linda Friar said.
Rangers found an unspecified number of whales beached, and others in the shallow water, after a fishing guide reported seeing one of the whales Tuesday afternoon, Friar said.
Wildlife workers were able to get some of the beached whales back into the water, she said.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/04/us/florida-everglades-whales-trapped/