At 17h55, Sunday, 11th January, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew dispatched the sea rescue vehicle and launched the sea rescue craft EIKOS RESCUER IV following reports of a Dolphin beached at Main Beach, Bluewater Bay, Port Elizabeth. Local Blue Water Bay volunteer Sector Police were already on the scene and Bayworld members were activated with their specialised marine animal carrying stretchers to assist. On arrival on-scene the animal, believed to be female, approximately 1.7 meters in … [Read more...] about Bluewater Bay Dolphin rescue
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Port Elizabeth dolphin rescue
Ian Gray, NSRI Port Elizabeth station commander, said; "At 07h00 on Friday 1 February, NSRI Port Elizabeth were alerted by members of the public claiming that they had been trying since early this morning to ref-loat a Striped Dolphin, into the sea at Kings Beach, Port Elizabeth, after reportedly finding the live dolphin adult female on the beach that morning but that the dolphin kept re-stranding herself on the beach despite their best efforts. "NSRI Port Elizabeth contacted the local Bay … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth dolphin rescue
Domino the Dolphin’s Hong Kong Baby
The collaborative breeding loan between Bayworld and Ocean Park is already showing success as Domino became a father in the late evening of 21 April 2011! Angel, one of Ocean Park Hong Kong's female dolphins gave birth to a healthy little male calf after a successful artificial insemination with Domino's fresh semen in March 2010. The adventurous little calf is as yet un-named as Ocean Park will shortly be running a competition to name him. The baby weighed in at 11.5kgs and measured only … [Read more...] about Domino the Dolphin’s Hong Kong Baby
