Marine workers issue devastating update after tireless efforts to save baby dolphin: 'This outcome is heartbreaking for all of us'

Marine workers issue devastating update after tireless efforts to save baby dolphin: 'This outcome is heartbreaking for all of us'

A baby dolphin caught in a web of discarded fishing gear has died, despite weeks of rescue attempts along the Texas coast, reported The Tribune.  What happened? The dolphin calf was first spotted near Port Aransas, swimming alongside its mother while dragging yards of tangled fishing line.  Over the following weeks, the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network and partner groups made several attempts to free it.  "We've removed over 15 feet of line…