Dolphins appear to be free after lengthy stranding in northern N.B.:official
LAMEQUE, N.B. — Six dolphins who stubbornly refused efforts to free them from a shallow bay in northern New Brunswick appear to have been finally coaxed back to open ocean.
“We don’t see them anymore,” fisheries spokeswoman Krista Petersen said Friday. “They are definitely in the deeper water outside the stranding area.”
Petersen says rescuers tried new tactics Friday morning with the dolphins, who had been stranded near Lameque for more than a week and resisted days of rescue attempts.
She said 10 officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, four members of the Marine Animal Response Society and three volunteers used stretchers Friday to ease the dolphins across shallow areas.