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Over 100 dolphins become stranded on beach in Cape Verde
James HockadayThursday 26 Sep 2019 5:33 pm
Many of the dolphins died after their traumatic ordeal (Picture: EPA/LORO PARQUE)
More than 130 dolphins were left stranded on a beach as workers desperately tried to safely return them to the sea.
It is not known why they were washed onto Boavista Island’s Altar beach, but experts say the leader of the group could have become disorientated before making its way onto dry land.
Hundreds of people including scientists and members of the successfully got most of them into the water, but they ended up getting stranded again.
Although some of the dolphins survived, it is feared they wont have long left to live after their traumatic ordeal.
Scientists have taken samples from the dead animals to try and establish what happened, reports Deia.
Hundreds of members of the public rushed to save the dolphins (Picture: EPA/LORO PARQUE)
Loro Parque zoo, based in Teneriefe, the Canary Islands, have been carrying out conservation work at the beach, shared the pictures of the distressing incident.
They warned the same thing has happened in the area in the past and called for more action to protect the diverse wildlife off the Atlantic coast of Africa.
In March more than 1,100 dead dolphins with horrendously mutilated bodies washed up onto the shore of Lacanau, southwestern France.
Experts said 90 per cent of the fatalities were the result of them being captured by industrial sized fishing nets.
James HockadayThursday 26 Sep 2019 5:33 pm
More than 130 dolphins were left stranded on a beach as workers desperately tried to safely return them to the sea.
It is not known why they were washed onto Boavista Island’s Altar beach, but experts say the leader of the group could have become disorientated before making its way onto dry land.
Hundreds of people including scientists and members of the successfully got most of them into the water, but they ended up getting stranded again.
Although some of the dolphins survived, it is feared they wont have long left to live after their traumatic ordeal.
Scientists have taken samples from the dead animals to try and establish what happened, reports Deia.
Loro Parque zoo, based in Teneriefe, the Canary Islands, have been carrying out conservation work at the beach, shared the pictures of the distressing incident.
They warned the same thing has happened in the area in the past and called for more action to protect the diverse wildlife off the Atlantic coast of Africa.
In March more than 1,100 dead dolphins with horrendously mutilated bodies washed up onto the shore of Lacanau, southwestern France.
Experts said 90 per cent of the fatalities were the result of them being captured by industrial sized fishing nets.
