Monkey Mia Pod goes missing and reappears

Shark Bay, Australia 01/2012

Concerns that Monkey Mia's world-famous dolphins had
failed to appear for six days were allayed on
Saturday when two returned to the beach with their calves.

Tourists who made the long trek to the beach at Shark Bay
in Western Australia were rewarded with sightings of dolphin
mothers Surprise and Shock and their two-month-old calves,
Sonic and Static, at three feeding sessions.

But they did not return yesterday morning. The WA Department of
Environment and Conservation said six consecutive days was
the longest the dolphins had stayed away since official
records began in 1996.

Rescued Dolphin "Bo Jingles" passed away

Corpus Christi, USA 06/01/2011

We are still in a bit of shock but unfortunately "Bo"
our most recent patient passed away suddenly late this
afternoon. We were all aware that Bo was very sick and
he was being treated for pneumonia, however with the
sudden passing it is likely that there were additional
contributing factors to his stranding and subjection
to shark attack. We hope that we are able to identify
these underlying factors and will share them with you
as they become available.

---- Dolphin stranded on South Padre Island
headed to Texas State Aquarium

A stranded dolphin riddled with shark bites
was moved to the Texas State Aquarium on Thursday
after it was found on South Padre Island.

"It was probably already impaired for some reason
and as a result became susceptible to the shark bite,"
said Heidi Whitehead, state operations coordinator
for the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

Veterinarians stabilized the dolphin at the University
of Texas-Pan American Coastal Studies Lab on South
Padre Island before transferring it to the aquarium,
the closest designated rehabilitation facility,
Whitehead said.

Caretakers fed the dolphin by tube and supported
it in the water because it was too weak to swim on
its own, she said.

About 100 to 150 dolphins are stranded on the Texas
coastline each year, with about 10 percent of those
stranded alive, Whitehead said.

The stranding network is a nonprofit group that rescues
and rehabilitates marine mammals and provides 24-hour support.