- Title: THAILAND: RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUE TO SAVE TWO DOLPHINS SWEPT INLAND BY TSUNAMI.
- Date: 3rd January 2005
- Summary: (W5) KHAO LAK, THAILAND (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) (JANUARY 3, 2005) 1. GV: LAKE WHERE DOLPHINS ARE TRAPPED 0.06 2. LV: DOLPHIN IN LAKE 0.14 3. GV: RESCUE WORKERS STANDING NEAR LAKE; MORE OF DOLPHIN IN LAKE; MEDIA (3 SHOTS) 0.29 4. GV/MV: RESCUE WORKERS CHANGING INTO THEIR WETSUITS (3 SHOTS) 0.46 5. LV: MORE OF DOLPHIN IN LAKE 0.50 6. VARIOUS: RESCUE WORKERS IN LAKE WITH FISHING NET; PEOPLE WATCHING; RESCUE WORKERS ON BOAT IN LAKE ARRANGING FISHING NET; RESCUE WORKERS IN WATER WITH LIFE JACKETS AND SNORKELLING EQUIPMENT (9 SHOTS) 1.49 7. SOUNDBITE (English) UNIDENTIFIED RESCUE WORKER, SAYING: "It's difficult because we have two lakes here, one is over there that you can't see. And it is difficult because the dolphins go to the other side and we must take a net between the two lakes and put in one lake the dolphins so it's possible for us to do our job." 2.12 8. GV/LV/PAN/GV: RESCUERS IN BOAT ON LAKE; MORE OF LAKE WITH DOLPHIN (3 SHOTS) 2.38 9. SOUNDBITE (English) UNIDENTIFIED RESCUE WORKER, SAYING: "After we are putting the net and we find the dolphins we can catch them. We put it (the dolphins) in a truck with the boat with water inside and then (take them) to the waves and the sea and leave them there." 2.54 10. GV: MORE OF RESCUERS IN BOAT ON LAKE; RESCUERS ARRANGING FISHING NET (3 SHOTS) 3.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: KHAO LAK, THAILAND
- Country: Thailand
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- Story Text: Rescue effort continues to save dolphins trapped in
lake by tsunami.
Rescuers failed on Monday (January 3) to catch two
rare dolphins trapped for eight days in a small lake in
southern Thailand after they were swept more than a
kilometre inland by giant tsunami waves.
The exhausted dolphins, one of which appeared to be
injured, were dumped in a 300 metre by 200 metre lake left
by the wall of water that struck Thailand's Andaman Sea
coastline on December 26, 2004.
"It's difficult because we have two lakes here, one is
over there that you can't see. And it is difficult because
the dolphins go to the other side and we must take a net
between the two lakes and put in one lake the dolphins so
it's possible for us to do out job." said one rescue worker.
The dolphins are believed to have been swept ashore in
the first or second waves and were stuck behind a 4-5 metre
embankment about 1,400 metres (1,500 yards) from the sea.
About 50 rescuers -- including a team of Greek divers
in Thailand to search for corpses hidden in similar lakes
-- tried to corner one of the dolphins with a net, but failed.
It is thought that the dolphins have probably been
without food since they were trapped eight days ago.
Rescuers, who will return on Tuesday, tossed fish into the
murky water to try and keep the animals alive.
The Indo-Pacific Humpback has a long, slender beak and
gets its name from the fatty hump under its dorsal fin.
Adults grow to about 2.0-2.8 metres and weigh about 150-200
kg (330-440 lb), according to the Whale and Dolphin
Conservation Society.
Scientists view the dolphins as broadly threatened by
habitat loss, pollution and hunting.
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