Dolphin Trapped in Flooded Rice Field
A Japanese man talks about his efforts to save a dolphin that had been trapped in a flooded rice field since the March 11th tsunami:
Taira found the dolphin struggling in the shallow seawater on Tuesday and after failing to net it, waded in to the field, which had yet to be sown with rice, to cradle the 1.2-meter (four foot) animal in his arms.
“It was pretty weak by then, which was probably the only reason we could catch it,” he said.
Taira and some friends wrapped the dolphin in wet towels and drove it back to the sea, where they set it free. The dolphin appeared to perk up when it was back in the Pacific, he said.
“I don’t know if it will live, but it’s certainly a lot better than dying in a rice paddy,” Taira told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
[hat tip to kobzster]
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