Taipei,
Jan. 8 (CNA) Three dolphins, two of them dead, were found separately on
beaches in the eastern county of Taitung this weekend, the Coast Guard
Administration (CGA) said Sunday.
The
one that was found alive by fishermen Sunday was beached at Fengli in
Taitung, the CGA said.
It was 2.5 meters long, weighed about 200 kg and had apparent tear
wounds near the tail but its vital signs were stable, according to the
CGA.
The injured dolphin was sent to a medical center at National Cheng Kung
University (NCKU) for treatment, the CGA said.
Wang
Chien-ping, a marine biologist and cetacean professor at NCKU who
happened to be in Taitung at the time, determined that the mammal was a
Risso's dolphin.
Meanwhile, two dolphin carcasses were found Saturday in Lanyu and Lyudao
(Green Island), respectively.
The
one in Lanyu was partially decomposed and the one in Green Island was
dismembered, the CGA said. (By Tyson Lu and Jamie Wang) enditem /pc
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