Here we go again, another weekend has gone by. We had waited most of the day on friday and no dolphin in sight. We had nearly given up on seeing any when the group finally came. And what we saw really broke my heart.
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| Baby dolphin injured by a fishing net |
The first dolphins to appear were a mother with her child. The baby dolphin had a rope attached to his caudal fin, with the fin badly cut. The tail fin was injured as well.
The whole group followed these two and were slowed down in the process.
Fishing nets in Egypt are often placed close to coral reefs by the crowd of poor fishermen. These are a real threat to dolphins. These nets lie often in dolphin passages and are hard to identify. Our small dolphin was lucky to escape, but he might die later of infection. There is nothing we can do.
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| I love this shot ! |
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| Hello dolphin |
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| Baby dolphins swim protected underneath their mother |
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| Right inside the pod |
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