Monday 22 August 2011

ASR called to help Dolphin on Belambi Beach


A sad story today from Rhonda and Bill who were called to a dolphin on Bellambi Beach on Sunday morning. ORCA & NPWS were there also holding it up in the water. We called Mike Cannon (the vet) and Bill dug a channel to get the dolphin out of the rough waves. We lifted it up onto the truck to take it to calmer water near the boat ramp where Mike Cannon checked it out and decided she was in too much distress and too many injuries to survive the trip to Taronga Zoo Hospital. I asked all the onlookers to please leave the beach and she was euthanized. There were lots of tears from everyone. She took a long time and more injections to finally go to sleep. The rest of our day was sad and slow. We were debriefed but it was deep inside all of us.


Dolphin beached at Belambi Beach
The dolphin is placed on the back of a truck for transport to calmer water for assessment.
 


2 comments:

  1. The dolphin was a Stripey Dolphin which are usually only seen out in deep water. This one had been injured.

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  2. poor dolphin! :(

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