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Plastic bag possibly killed dolphin, says Phuket expert
Phuket Gazette

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The dolphin died enroute to PMBC despite rescue workers' best efforts. Photo: Winai Sarot

PHUKET: -- A striped dolphin found washed up on Nai Yang Beach on Tuesday most likely died from the consumption of a plastic bag, explained marine experts today.

“It was about 15 years old, 2.45 meters long and approximately 90 kilograms. It had a wound near its eye,” said Patcharaporn Gaewmong, a Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) veterinarian. “The results from blood samples we took showed that it died from a blood infection.”

Veterinarians have yet to determine the exact illness.

Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Plastic-bag-possibly-killed-dolphin-says-Phuket/61969?desktopversion#ad-image-0

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-- Phuket Gazette 2015-09-17

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