Subject: Dolphins: Two stranded stenos returned to Gulf of Mexico (fwd)
Mike Williamson (pita@www1.wheelock.edu)
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:45:37 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 10:58:46 -0500
From: Dagmar Fertl <Dagmar_Fertl@mms.gov>
Reply-To: Marine Mammals Research and Conservation Discussion
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To: MARMAM@UVVM.UVIC.CA
Subject: News: Two stranded stenos returned to Gulf of Mexico
Thought Marmammer's would like to know that the _Pensacola News
Journal_ reported on 26 March, that two rough-toothed dolphins were
rehabilitated and returned to the Gulf of Mexico on 25 March. These
two males were among 62 rough-toothed dolphins that stranded on Cape
San Blas near Port St. Joe, Florida on 14 December 1997. Only four
dolphins survived during the mass stranding - these two males released
by Mote Marine Lab and two females still recovering at the Gulfarium
in Fort Walton Beach. None of those taken to Marineland at St.
Augustine survived.
The animals were satellite and radio-tagged.
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