[Ammi]

..the baby dolphin was alive when it was removed from the water...it did seem to be removed with some care but not only was it vulnerable because it was a baby, it was also a Franciscana dolphin, which are a diminishing species...with only around 30,000 left in the world...

..a statement from the Argentine Wildlife Foundation, who would know how the baby dolphin died and that it died out of the water/as a result of being taken out..and a public reminder in hope that no one would think to do it again...the pics that I've seen of how extremely quickly it's skin and body burned in the sun with how it was left are really quite grim...and it froze/didn't thrash about because, with being separated from it's mum as well as taken out of the water, I would think that maybe it went into shock...



"The Franciscana, like other species, cannot remain for much time outside of the water, it has thick fatty skin which gives it heat and means that taking it out of the water rapidly causes it to dehydrate and die," it said in a statement.

"This occasion serves to inform the public about the urgent necessity to return these dolphins to the sea as soon as possible if they find them on the shore.

"It is fundamental that people help to rescue these animals, because every Franciscana counts now."