About 25 staff from IFAW and 100 trained volunteers worked to save over 100 stranded dolphins.
Rescuers believe 100 dolphins have made it to safety following the largest dolphin rescue effort ever performed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare . Sarah Sharp, an animal rescue veterinarian with the IFAW, told As It Happens guest host Peter Armstrong about the rescue.
"With just that sheer number of dolphins … we knew we really had our work cut out for us," Sharp toldIt's not an uncommon occurrence, according to Sharp. She says there's a "hook" of land that can trap the dolphins in Herring River, which leads to up to 30 dolphin rescues in the area each year. "It feels kind of like a whack-a-mole situation where you get one animal in a good situation you have to run to the next."
Sharp said most of the animals had no problem, but there were a few pods that needed some extra help.
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