3 Nov, 2023 @ 14:13
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WATCH: Moment baby dolphin is rescued from an illegal net off Spain’s Andalucia – much to the delight of its mother 

THIS is the moment a baby dolphin was saved from drowning off the coast of Almeria after give-it-a-go heroes stepped in. 

Video footage uploaded to Twitter shows a mother bottlenose dolphin trying to free her baby, whose nose is stuck in an illegal net. 

Uploaded by Spain’s Aquatic Association (Asocación Equinac), the clip shows the mother struggling to keep the baby above water so it could breathe. 

A man is then seen standing at the edge of a boat, trying to disentangle the net from the dolphin’s tail. 

Another man can be heard saying: “There’s good people in the world, friends. Here, we are saving a dolphin.” 

“Ah, god!”, he shouts, as the creature thrashes.

The video then cuts to the two heroes, known only as José Ramon and Miguel, smiling.

Illegal nets are a common threat to marine life on the Spanish coast. If dolphins are unable to come to the surface for oxygen at least once every ten minutes, they risk drowning. 

“This is the cruel reality of illegal fishing nets. This baby dolphin was lucky this time but unfortunately many dolphins die this way”, warned the Spanish Aquatic Association on X (formerly Twitter).

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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