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Rice

PER001 Rice-Tursiops truncatus

Reported on October 11th and rescued and released on Oct. 13th 2005.

This male was found in a borrow pit along a dirt road near Freshwater Bayou, Vermilion Parish, LA. TMMSN responded and was able to rescued the animal safely with the use of a net. The health of this animal was assessed and released back into the Gulf of Mexico.