Mystery of why 22 long-finned whales washed up to their deaths on Spanish beach

• Whales washed up and died at Manon Beach in Spain
• Authorities and conservationists battled to save long-finned pilot whales

22 long-finned pilot whales have died after coming ashore on the Manon beach, north of La Coruna, Galicia today. Conservationists and authorities battled to save the animals, and now a mystery surrounds why they beached in the first place

October 7th, 2013 (Hayley O’keeffe). A natural mystery is unfolding in Spain after 22 long-finned (Ndlr Sibylline : short-finned) pilot whales came ashore at Manon Beach.

The picture shows six of the 22 short-finned pilot whale that beached on the shore, north of La Coruna, Galicia, Spain today (Monday).

Sadly 11 of the whales died on arrival to the beach and the others died later despite the efforts of the Spanish Civil Protection, environmentalists and Galicia Coordination mammalian studies.

Ndlr Sibylline : At the same time (from 29th, September to 12th, October), military operations, gathering 12 countries, took place in the Gulf of Gascogne. We hope that the necropsies will be performed including the right protocol (blunt trauma suspected).

Finally, more than 50 persons have been involved in the rescue operations and 19 dolphins on 22 passed away.

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