Kent Morse
10,000 Island Dolphin Project
Seymour getting some Oxygen photo: Kent Morse
On Friday, March 9 the saga that began nearly four months ago when our naturalist James Liviccari first photographed Seymour's entanglement injury came to a successful conclusion. At 11:45 a.m. , as a rescue teams scoured a wide area, a passenger aboard the Dolphin Explorer spotted a dolphin inside the entrance to Collier Bay. Within a few seconds, our naturalist James Livaccari made the identification and Captain Chris Desmond called in the sighting and followed Seymour until the rescue team arrived. Seymour was captured, treated for his (it's confirmed: Seymour is a male) injuries and released back into his home range. It was an extraordinary day. Stay tuned for a full report with photos and video of the rescue. And check out previous posts to learn of the months long effort to determine Seymour's range.
Seymour's new look - satellite tag to track post release movement photo: Kent Morse
Seymour gets some shade as the Vets work to remove line from the tail photo: Kent Morse
Rescue leader Steve Mcculloch and net setter Larry Fulford photo: Kent Morse
Wonderful to hear about a successful ending to this mission to help Seymour! Great work done by all!
Posted by: karin | 07/06/2012 at 08:11 PM
Great article is there any chance I can take it and copy it onto my own blog
Posted by: Lolly | 03/06/2013 at 12:16 AM