Rescued dolphin calf dies despite weeks of treatment

AN Irrawaddy dolphin calf that was rescued and nursed day and night for weeks by veterinarians and volunteers after his rescue from a tidal pool on Thailand’s shore has died despite all their efforts, officials who were providing emergency care for the animal said.

The baby was nicknamed Paradon, roughly translated as “brotherly burden”, when it was found by fishermen on July 22, and dozens of veterinarians and volunteers helped care for it at the Marine and Coastal Resources Research and Development Centre in Rayong in the Gulf of Thailand.