Over the last few years, 3 of the dolphins that visit the Tanglaooma Wild Dolphin Provisioning Programme have arrived to the nightly feed tangled up in fishing line.  Each of these  dolphins,  Bobo, Nari and Storm, had to be taken out of the water in order for the fishing line to be removed and any damage caused by entanglements to be properly assessed.

Having the Dolphin Care Team to continually monitor their health and behaviour, the dolphins here at Tangalooma are quite fortunate. Sadly however, this isn't the case for the majority of wild dolphins living in Moreton Bay, and it is estimated that over 10% of the 600-800 Inshore Bottlenose dolphins that call the bay home are negatively affected by human influences at any one time, whether it  be entanglement in line, ingestion of plastic or even boat-strike injury. 

Fishing line entanglement poses a serious threat to all of our marine wildlife. The line can become tightly wrapped around the body, cutting into the skin and stopping circulation. In many cases this eventually leads to the loss of a limb (flippers or even tail flukes in a dolphin), severe infection and can ultimately result in the animal's death.

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Click below to find out more about each of the dolphin rescues at Tangalooma.