![]() ![]() It is a wonderful example of partners coming together to bring the dolphins to safety,” said Bill Hogarth, NOAA Fisheries Service director. “Among all the destruction and loss from Hurricane Katrina, this dolphin rescue is a bit of good news. Through reports from the Coast Guard, NOAA Fisheries Service scientists found the dolphins Tuesday morning while doing surveys in a NOAA boat near Biloxi, Miss. The remaining four dolphins vanished over the weekend. Over the course of a week, the team was able to capture four of the weakest dolphins, and has been feeding the others several times a day as they planned and performed the multi-stage rescue. On September 10, the team of NOAA marine mammal biologists and aquarium trainers first located the eight dolphins and began providing food and medicine to the animals. They have survived various injuries and predators and have stayed together since the storm. Normally held in captivity, the dolphins don’t have the necessary skills to survive on their own. 20, 2005 - The NOAA Fisheries Service and the Marine Life Aquarium of Gulfport, Miss., working with a number of other partners, rescued the last four of the eight trained bottlenose dolphins that were swept out of an aquarium tank torn apart by the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina on August 29. The first eight dolphins to be rescued after they were washed out of their pool at the Marine Life Aquarium in Gulfport, Miss., by a huge wave generated by Hurricane Katrina. Last 4 Gulfport dolphins rescued following Hurricane Katrinaįinal 4 missing Gulfport dolphins rescued following hurricane ![]()
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