By Joanna Rose Aglibot
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – A team from the local water theme park Ocean Adventure has been helping in the rehabilitation of a female rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) that was reportedly stranded in the waters off Barangay Hermosa in Dasol town in the province of Pangasinan on May 23.
Based on report from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 1, the 2.48-meter-long dolphin was “slightly buoyant, had bruises around the body, and had a healing wound on the abdomen”
Two fishermen found it and called on authorities to help in rescuing the dolphin.
The mammal was then brought to the BFAR facility in Alaminos City for initial treatment and was later transferred to a facility at the Hundred Islands National Park Station.
The sea animal, which was named “Marshy,” is in now recovering with the help of volunteers. Rough-toothed dolphins can be found in tropical and warmer temperate waters around the world. FREEPORT INSIDER
