In Australia, a tragedy takes place on the Tasmanian coast where more than 470 “pilot dolphins” have been found in recent days stranded on sandbanks in a fairly isolated area. Three hundred and eighty of these animals have already died, but great efforts are being made to rescue the survivors.
Sad discovery this Wednesday morning in Tasmania, a few kilometers from where there are already more than 250 "pilot dolphins" stranded on sandbanks: rescuers spotted 200 others, also stuck. Unfortunately, they were all dead already. So are dozens of others at the main site who, despite best efforts, could not be relaunched in time.
However, the resources mobilized are significant: around sixty men, dozens of boats. But the operation, which takes place in the open sea, and not on the edge of a beach, is particularly delicate.
This is what Kris Carlyon, marine biologist who runs the operation, explained to Sky News: “We position them and tie them to the side of a boat and we pull them very slowly into the sea for about. two kilometers, to reach the deep waters then we release them. "
Thanks to this technique, fifty “pilot dolphins” were saved. There are 30 more, still alive, but still stuck.