Dolphin Trapped for Three Weeks Herded Out of Mississippi Bayou
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — Employees of three Mississippi marine agencies have herded a dolphin trapped for three weeks in Simmons Bayou back into the Mississippi Sound.
Moby Solangi of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport tells The Sun Herald (http://bit.ly/1OhcxLD) officials decided Monday the dolphin was deteriorating and needed to leave the bayou.
Solangi said the bayou's fresh water had injured the dolphin's skin, putting the mammal at risk of a serious infection.
He said about 20 people from the institute, the state Department of Marine Resources and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration cast a net in the bayou, forcing the dolphin into the canal Tuesday. He said they then herded the dolphin through Davis Bayou into the Sound.
(Story by: The Associated Press)
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