[Rhodes22-list] Dolphin rescue: Advanced Care

[Wally Buck]

Good luck JIm!

Wally

>From: Jim White <jdwhite at utpa.edu>
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Dolphin rescue: Advanced Care
>Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:23:00 -0600
>
>We are planning advanced care and rescue tomorrow for a juvenile 
>bottlenosed dolphin that is trapped in an isolated channel over in Laguna 
>Vista...I'll be using the Le Menageries Zodiac and 6hp Evindrude (If I can 
>manage to remove the lower unit bottom plug to change the oil...damn thing 
>is stuck), and will handle the running portion of the purse seine and try 
>an lasso the sucker...then relocate it over to a (hopefully) receptive pod 
>south of the Queen Isabella causeway. There'll be two other zodiacs, a 
>small johnboat and our 24' Carolina Skiff too...and about 20 feds, local 
>and private individuals to assist. Weather is calling for galeforce 
>northwest tomorrow too...should be a real circus. I'll letcha know the 
>outcome...
>BTW Sailing weather is great today, SW winds around 10, slightly overcast, 
>and highs around 92. Too busy to go out though...might be able to get away 
>this evening for an hour or so with the NMFS and stranding network folks 
>who are down here for the event...but they MUST provide rum.
>Have a great day ya'll
>jw
>
>Jim White
>Le Menagerie
>www.lemenagerie.blogspot.com
>
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