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Young male bottlenose dolphin strands at Emerald Isle

Tursiops — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:39:47 +0000

On October 19, 2012, a fresh dead bottlenose dolphin was reported floating near Bogue Sound at Emerald Isle. NC Maritime Museum volunteers David and Bobbi Brown assisted Dr. Victoria Thayer from the NC Division of Marine Fisheries and NC Maritime Museum Natural Science Curator Keith Rittmaster in retrieving the carcass which was frozen for later […]

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Entangled dolphin calf dies during rescue attempt.

Tursiops — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:02:55 +0000

The Marine Mammal Stranding Network responded to a severely injured and entangled bottlenose dolphin calf with its mother in Gallants Channel. While considering next steps, the calf died. Our monofilament recycling page is dedicated to the calf we've named Yaholo.

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Leatherback Sea Turtle Rescue

Tursiops — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 21:19:24 +0000

On April 20th, Keith Rittmaster and Hugh Wilde discovered that an endangered leatherback sea turtle had become entrapped in a sink gill net. The struggling turtle was unable to surface for air. This type of stranding can quickly lead to the death of an endangered animal. Keith had to act fast.

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Loggerhead Turtle Rescue

Tursiops — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:15:00 +0000

This past July 12 around 7 am we found a 350 lb female Loggerhead half buried in the sand below the high tide line at the very tip of the point. We thought she was dead until we looked at her eye and she looked back.

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