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Rare 'Survivor' Dolphin Gives Hope for Finding Cause of Deaths Since BP Spill
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by Kaija Wilkinson - gulflive.com - November 27, 2011
Institute Director Moby Solangi watches a sickly dolphin make circles in its pool at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (The Mississippi Press/Kaija Wilkinson)
GULFPORT, Mississippi -- A sickly, stranded dolphin that was found in Alabama and transported to Gulfport to convalesce and be studied could provide clues to a spike in dolphin deaths that has occurred over the past year.
The 2-year-old male is the first to be found alive since the BP oil spill last spring, according to Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, where the dolphin is being held.
The spike coincided with the spill, but to date no definitive link has been made between the spill and the deaths, which in south Mississippi and Alabama are three to four times what they are in a normal year.
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Rescued Dolphin Beginning to Eat Fish
by Donna Harris - sunherald.com - November 26, 2011
JOHN FITZHUGH/SUN HERALD Institute for Marine Mammal Studies stranding assistant Jennifer Fleming takes notes as a dolphin rescued in Alabama swims at the IMMS in Gulfport on Friday.
GULFPORT -- An ailing dolphin rescued in Alabama waters Friday is improving, officials said.
The 2-year-old male dolphin was named Chance by people who found him stranded Wednesday in a marshy area near Fort Morgan. He is now eating fish with assistance, Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport.
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