This juvenile is approximately 2-3 years old and was found by beach goers on Goolwa Beach last week.  Luckily for him he was removed from the beach as the tide was coming in fast and taken to safety thanks to the Department for Environment and Natural Resource – Officers from Dry Creek who worked closely with AMWRRO to coordinate this successful rescue.

Little Josh with his infected flipper

Josh unfortunately sustained a significant trauma to his front left flipper which saw approximately 7 inches of skin flapping around and that was extremely infected.  He was unable to apply pressure to this flipper hence making it extremely difficult to walk and forage for food.  Josh came in at 15kg (extremely emaciated) and is currently undergoing treatment for his wounds.

Flippers crossed we can pull him through and a special thank you to all those who found him, raised the alarm and assisted with his rescue.

Meet Ashley – a Sub-Antarctic fur seal that washed up on Glenelg beach last Friday morning.  This sub adult is approximately 6-8 years old and is somewhat underweight weighing in at only 64.4kg he will be kept in care pending blood results and if all is ok he will be released next weekend!

He is currently eating 10-13kg of fish and squid per day and flippers crossed he gets the all clear for release in the near future.

Three weeks ago AMWRRO attended to a young dolphin in the Whyalla marina that was initially thought to have been hit by a boat propeller. Once on ground AMWRRO confirmed that the wound was in fact caused by a shark attack.

AMWRRO President Aaron Machado injects the dolphin with antibiotics – Photo thanks to Whyalla News

The dolphin was assessed and seen to be in good spirits considering the pain it was in at the time.  AMWRRO treated the animal on site with long acting antibiotics and yesterday received an update from the NRM Officer who called it in – Kate Brocklehurst. The dolphin is still alive and the wound is looking much better; this animal is still with its mother and is seen jumping out of the water, feeding and playing with other dolphins that entre the marina.

Kate will maintain monitoring this animal and update AMWRRO should the need arise.