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Wounded dolphin treated at BFAR facility in Pangasinan

Eva Visperas - The Philippine Star

DAGUPAN CITY – A dolphin is undergoing treatment for three stab wounds in the belly at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) here.

Westly Rosario of the BFAR-national integrated fisheries technology development center told The STAR yesterday that the 2.7-meter-long female dolphin was found along the shore of Barangay Estanza in Lingayen town last Friday.

The mammal was turned over to the BFAR by personnel of the provincial risk reduction and management office in Lingayen.

Rosario said they were worried because the dolphin refused to eat. He said the wounds appeared to be inflicted by humans.

Earlier, the BFAR treated a bottle-nosed dolphin found in San Fabian town.

The dolphin was set to be released into the sea, but it died on Aug. 24.

BARANGAY ESTANZA

BFAR

BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES

DOLPHIN

FISHERIES

FOUND

LINGAYEN

ROSARIO

SAN FABIAN

TOWN

WESTLY ROSARIO

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