The most touching solidarity act ~
Several
hundred people in Taragona, Spain, mourned the death of a Dolphin,
died yesterday despite the combined effort of more than 200 local
inhabitants and volunteers of Cunit, doggedly and desperately taking
turns to hold up the enormous wounded Dolphin afloat while waiting for
the medical team to arrive and during their attempt to save the
Dolphin.
It
was first discovered by swimmers there that the Dolphin had been
pushed by the waves to the beach last Sunday, seriously wounded. After
informing the Civil Protection of Animals, 200 volunteers and other
swimmers nearby, grouped themselves together to move the animal back to
the water, and all of them bodily and with their hands held the
Dolphin up during over 100 hours, day and night, taking turns
continuously.
But
the Dolphin died yesterday after a massive heart-attack. The
solidarity operation was unique and very emotional. Some with tears,
even though they suspected all along that the hope to save his life was
slim but all were willing to spare no effort, as one of them said with
a lump in his throat, that the creature seemed to show signs of
hanging onto life still.
Even
though the salvation failed, it's news like this that warms people's
hearts and nourishes the waning hopes in the recent hard times. Those
who had spent days in the water on the task would never ever forget this
memory. I wouldn't forget it either.
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