Posted on 09/17/2005 9:54:22 AM PDT by WestTexasWend
JACKSON, Miss. - Two anemic dolphins that were swept from their aquarium tanks into the Gulf of Mexico by Hurricane Katrina were retrieved Thursday, but six others remained at sea.
The two retrieved dolphins were captured after scientists in a boat coaxed the trained animals into sliding onto mats.
The dolphins had cuts and appeared to be the worst injured of the eight, Jeff Foster, a marine specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They were immediately moved to a hotel swimming pool.
Trainers and scientists hope to catch more of the dolphins on Saturday, but said that may be tougher because the dolphins “get pretty wise to our tricks,” Foster said. Nets are also an option, a NOAA spokeswoman said.
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Swim Fast!
I wonder how much taxpayer money was spent on this.
Yep, give dolphins of the Gulf welfare and they're unable to feed themselves in the wild. Of course it would be cruel to say the same thing about the humans who inhabit the Gulf area, too....
Well it sounds like 6 of then like being free:')
Are the 6 free ones carrying weapons and robbing sea urchins of their sand dollars...?
"What's that, Flipper? Luke fell in the well?"
I don't know but the first time they see Jaws they will probably run for home:')
Slaughter them and make sandwiches out of them. Hold the mayo.
Whatever happened to "survival of the fittest?"
My daughter played with those dolphins the last time we were in Biloxi/Gulfport. I am glad they are being rescued and hope they find the other ones.
Actually, they're a non-profit organization:
http://www.dolphinsrus.com/
The NOAA ain't.
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