A little something for the World Animal Day – or maybe more than a little. According to global animal, this ten day old baby dolphin was found last year near Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. It was washed ashore and was bearing injuries by a fishing net, while there was no sign of its mother. This is a Franciscan dolphin, also known as the La Plata River dolphin. In the following pictures, it is being taken care of by Richard Tesore, head of the NGO S.O.S. Rescate de Fauna Marina, at their reserve in Punta Colorada, east of Montevideo.
Photograph by: Miguel Rojo/AFP/Getty Images global animal
Photograph by: Andres Stapff/Reuters global animal
Unfortunately, this dolphin didn't make it. It was one of the many dolphins that are injured or killed by fishing nets and/or fishermen, on a daily basis. One of the many animals that are ill-treated, exploited, confined, tortured, and killed by humans throughout the world, on a daily basis. Sport and entertainment for humans, laboratory experiments, the clothing industry, the fur industry, the animal products industry, the meat industry – the list is endless, brutal, and horrifying.
But at least this was a dolphin that we tried to save rather than kill – imagine what it would be like if each of us tried to save an animal. And no, we don't all have to be in a pool, holding a cute little dolphin. We can start with our food just as well, because the animals that are tortured and killed for it are no different.
They are just as cute. And more importantly, they all have the same rights.
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