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Podcast: Louisiana Insider
Episode: Episode 142: A Louisiana Dolphin Rescue Story
Description: When hurricanes rumble from the Gulf, the high winds and storm surges sometimes re-locate unwilling sea mammals into surrounding land masses and waterways. That happened after Hurricane Ida in 2021, which displaced a dolphin into a bay near Grand Isle.Â
While the bay water was ecologically sound to support the new arrival, it offered no access to the Gulf. With the cooperation of several sea life specialist, plans were made to re-locate the mammal who during the interim had delivered a calf that swam at her side.
Gabriella Vazquez, the Audubon Nature Institute’s Marine Mammal and...