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Beached dolphin rescued in Southern Leyte

Miriam Garcia Desacada - The Philippine Star
Beached dolphin rescued in Southern Leyte
This handout photo taken on March 24, 2012 and released by the World Wildlife Fund - Cambodia (WWF-Cambodia) on February 20, 2014 shows a dolphin swimming in the Mekong river in Kratie province some 300 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh.
Gerry Ryan / WWF-Cambodia / AFP

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — An injured dolphin was rescued by residents in Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte on Monday morning.

The 150-kilo mammal was found stranded along the shore in Barangay Lungsodaan at around 9:30 a.m. It’s tail was severed and a part of its flesh was exposed.

Members of the marine mammal stranding team as well as police and local officials fitted the dolphin with a life vest to keep it afloat.

Christine Gresola, information officer of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), said the the dolphin would be transported to a mammal stranding facility in Ormoc.

Authorities will find a suitable place for the rehabilitation of the dolphin, in coordination with the city government of Ormoc and the Philippine Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

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