Dolphins stranded in states north sees rescuers work well into the night to save those still alive.
A busy night for AMWRRO after coordinating the rescue of 4 stranded bottlenose dolphins in the states far north. AMWRRO received the call from local police concerning an unknown number of dolphins that had stranded in a shallow pool after the tide rushed out and caught them off guard.
One of the adult dolphins had unfortunately died and by the time rescuers got back to the others a second one passed away shortly thereafter. The other two adult dolphins were suffering from sun burn and had large numbers of blisters but were refloated after the tide returned.
Special thanks to Kylie and several members of the public who were dealing with the animals on ground through AMWRRO’s direction whilst department officials were being directed to the site to assist. Thanks to Tony for his prompt response and for assisting those on ground well after dark.
After four hours the remaining two dolphins were refloated to allow blood circulation to correct itself before letting them swim off together.
The entire ordeal finishing at 11pm. The two dolphins that passed will be collected and a postmortem examination will be carried out to further investigate the cause of death.
Two dolphins had passed and the others were now kept wet and calm awaiting the incoming tide.
