California Rescuers Strategize Best Way to Get Stuck Dolphin Back to Sea
- Posted on April 28, 2012 at 4:18pm by
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Rescuers are returning to wetlands along California’s southern coast Saturday in hopes that a dolphin that got stuck there has found its way to open waters.
Peter Wallerstein of Marine Animal Rescue says the dolphin doesn’t need a high tide to escape the shallow waters of the Bolsa Chica wetlands where it was swimming tight circles in on Friday.
Wallerstein says the dolphin is very healthy, and rescuers hope it will find its way out on its own, rather than agitating the powerful animal, which could put rescuers in harm’s way.
The dolphin wandered into a narrow channel along Friday, preventing it from reuniting with a pod of dolphins.
The wetlands is separated from the ocean by a wide beach and Pacific Coast Highway.
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carl_in_ohio
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 10:06amI guess a barbecue and chainsaw would be totally incorrect?
Report Post »common cents
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:58amLeave it alone………. It’s trying to evolve into a land dweller.
Report Post »Steev
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 4:56pmDid Flipper swim in there – Can Flipper swim out of there ? Then let nature do what nature does best, it decides what the fate of a living creature shall be, people around these parts like to call it “ natural selection ” – it work out perfectly untill some self absorbed ” do-gooder ” group sticks thier precosious little noses into the mix and screws it all up !
Report Post »karen162
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 7:51amIf the Dolphin got in there, the Dolphin can find its way out. Leave it alone. They sit there and scream that man is the biggest problem to the, “beloved earth” and then they stick their noses in whenever some animal does something stupid. On land, when an animal dies doing something stupid, we celebrate it with a hilarious email entitled, “Darwin Award Winners 2012”.
Report Post »80mesh
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 6:54amthe dolphin acted stupidly ……
c’mon guys show some compassion , i really wanna save the dolphins … in a big freezer somewhere lolz
Report Post »grannyrecipe
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 5:22amIt’s GPS is all messed up. The Garmin voice is saying “turn left,turn left, turn left again, now turn left, turn left…”
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 8:58pmA strategy? How about “Here Dolphin Dolphin!!”
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 6:00pmThese Californicators are something else. They fret and worry over a fish, yet thousands of
Report Post »unborn babies are being butchered right in their town.
Thevoice
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 7:02pmDrain the (swamp) …
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 7:53pmAnd… just ignore that California DEBT!
Report Post »inblack
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 5:15pmbest way to get it back out to see…
1) Shoot it.
Report Post »2) Serve it for dinner to residence of San Diego.
3) Wait for the flush.
NLN
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 6:50pmOr about 50 lbs of TNT.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 5:10pmYet in LA County, thousands of children are going to bed hungry or scared that a bullet won’t fly through the wall and kill them or their family…and CA waste its time on a Dolphin?…Its all over the news out there like its some sort of state tragedy….hilarious!! What happens if it doesn‘t ’do‘ what ’they’ want it to do?..what then?what comes next? Do they get the nets and drag/corral it back to the ocean where it belongs?
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 5:09pmTastes like chicken?
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 5:49pmSmells like an unprintable word, too.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 4:28pmBetter to observe and only interfere if needed, than to wade in like Obummer would have.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 4:25pmMaybe the Dolphin is telling the communists of CA to “follow me”
Report Post »garylee123
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 4:34pmNot if he makes it to the last bastion of Ca sanity. The State of Jefferson (look it up). Besides, up here we would BBQ it and have boots made from the skin.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 5:51pmNot enough apologies, Snow. Problem identified, and ‘rectumfied’. In return, I got thirty days notice.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 6:01pmUpdate: 33 days notice ’cause I‘m a nice guy’. Almost live.
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