The British director of an aquarium has explained why she had to euthanise this baby dolphin after it was stranded on a beach in the Spanish island of Majorca.
Local authorities called the British director of the Palma Aquarium Marine Fauna Rescue Centre, Debora Morrison, to help to rescue the baby striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) stranded on a beach in the municipality of Puerto de Alcudia in the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca.
Ms Morrison said: "I was pulled out of bed at six in the morning. "These animals live in the deep ocean and they very rarely come close to the coast. "It was stranded, alone, and that was a very bad sign." According to the aquarium director, local authorities tried to pull the baby dolphin back into
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