Rescues

These posts are about the dolphins that SDRP has rescued or intervened in, or about post-release tracking of any cetacean species that has been conducted by SDRP.

Nellie

2021-03-17T12:03:03+00:00

In February 2010, SDRP staff members spotted a young dolphin “wearing” plastic. We hoped that she would shed the material but it soon became apparent that would not happen. After receiving permission from the National Marine Fisheries Service, which oversees the protection of wild marine mammals, our team attempted to capture the animal to

Nellie2021-03-17T12:03:03+00:00

Scrappy

2021-02-19T22:48:13+00:00

Scrappy, born in 1998, is the calf of Scooby-Doo (who was given her nickname before we knew she was a she). He has been sighted hundreds of times since birth, but we remember him most for one of our 2006 sightings when we found him entangled in marine debris — a piece of fabric

Scrappy2021-02-19T22:48:13+00:00
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