Dolphin Will Migrate With Help of Rescuers
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A bottlenose dolphin that had refused to leave a cold bay and migrate south for the winter with others of its kind was captured Friday by a rescue team that will take the marine mammal to Florida.
The dolphin, nicknamed “Rascal,” was lured into a shallow area of Broad Bay and captured in a net by a seven-member rescue team from Sea World at Orlando, Fla.
“The operation went perfectly,” said Jack Pearson, curator of mammals at Sea World, where the dolphin will be taken. He said the dolphin had lost some weight but appeared healthy.
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