14 DAY TRIAL // News from Indonesia says that, earlier this week, a pod of dolphins was rescued from certain death by a group of fishermen on Sabu island, in the country's East Nusa Tenggara province.
By the looks of it, the marine mammals had somehow become stranded on Sabu island and were unable to return to the water by themselves.
Luckily, the group of fishermen spotted them lying on the beach and came to their assistance. According to Ecorazzi, the fishermen eventually managed to guide all the 20 dolphins that had become stranded to deep waters.
The same source tells us that, according to some researchers, environmental pollution resulting from the Montara oil well explosion in Timor Sea on August 21, 2009 might have had a say in the stranding of this pod of whales.
“I assume that Sawu waters marine conservation and national park has been contaminated with poisonous materials from the exploded Montara oil well,” specialist Fredi Tanoni explained in a recent interview with the press.
Although this pod of dolphins was rescued by fishermen, it would appear that some 40 blue whales that also became stranded on Sabu island this week were not so lucky.
Thus, several of them have already died, and there are little chances that the remaining will survive the experience.