South Carolina Firefighters Rescue Stranded 500-Pound Dolphin

South Carolina firefighters rescue stranded 500-pound dolphin

Video shows how firefighters were able to rescue a dolphin stranded in a Bluffton, South Carolina, neighborhood.

'Teamwork' credited in 500-pound dolphin's rescue from South Carolina lagoon and 'safe return home'

BLUFFTON, SC A female bottlenose dolphin is swimming freely again after being rescued from a shallow tidal lagoon in Bluffton, South Carolina.The dolphin, nicknamed Lucky, was discovered stranded on July 12 and required a coordinated rescue effort to return her to the May River.Rescue teams believe Lucky swam into the lagoon through a culvert connecting to the May River during heavy rains and high tides on July 10.The Bluffton Township Fire Dist…

South Carolina town roadtrips a beached dolphin back to the ocean

Dolphin | Tunatura via iStockPhotoImagine you go for your Saturday morning walk and there, in a lagoon by your house you find a trapped dolphin. The 8-foot long animal is struggling to stay alive in only a few feet of water and the tide’s falling fast. Who do you even call? This is a real scenario that residents of South Carolina’s “Hampton Lake” private community faced. At 10:30 AM they realized a dolphin had swam in to the tidal lagoon on the …