Pink dolphin washed up dead on Si Chon District

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 21 November 2014 (NNT) - Residents living in Si Chon District of Nakhon Si Thammarat province have discovered the carcass of a female pink dolphin on Kho Khao beach within the district.

The dolphin measured about 3 meters long and weighed more than 200 kilograms. There were visible wounds on the creature’s forehead as well.

Locals assume that the dolphin had died from swallowing globules of oil after the Si Chon beach area has been hit by a major oil spill on November 19th. The source of the spill supposedly originates from an oil rig in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand.

Apparently, it has been a disaster for the population of dolphins and other marine creatures living in the area. As of now, authorities from the Marine and Coastal Resources Department in Songkhla province have taken the dolphin carcass for an autopsy test.

This has been the second time this year where beaches in Si Chon have been hit by an oil spill after a similar incident has happened on February 2014.


-- NNT 2014-11-21

Shall I....Shall I .............Nah it wouldn't have been swimming any where near Kho you no where anyway would it??

Beautiful creature....... shame

Really a shame !

I was there to see pink dolphins last July.

it's a shame that this country is going to the dogs. In this way they should not wonder if less tourits are coming. Protecting environment is not something they learned in school....or government? (att. plastic bags erywhere on beaches, in the water, on streets, aso.)