It was a rather hairy week for a small pod of White Beaked dolphins in a small community in Newfoundland , BUT FIRST:
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Pod of Dolphins Trapped by Ice Freed in Community Effort Led by Excavator
On Sunday of last week, a small pod of around 6 white beaked dolphins found themselves trapped by surface ice in the shallow waters inside Heart Delight’s harbour. The community was somewhat concerned, and the Coast Guard had tried to get to the dolphins, but they were in too shallow water for them to get near the dolphins.
By Thursday, the dolphins were in real trouble. The winds had pushed the ice closer to shore, shrinking the amount of clear breathing space for the pod. At that time, local fire chief, Stan Legge decided something had to be done quickly, so went and got his excavator, drove it out to the end of the harbour pier and began to break the ice around the pier. People with boats also sprang into action and got out on the water to break ice with shovels or their prows.
"Everybody has come out here until dark at night keeping an eye on them, hoping they're going to get safely back out," said local fisherman Charles Sooley. "I just had a lady come down now and she wanted to know if we wanted sandwiches made."
Later that afternoon, the dolphins broke free.
The crowd watching over the mammals erupted into cheers as they watched the pod dive into the open ocean.
"It's a mission accomplished," Legge said. "I guess we done something good today for the environment and I guess it give a lot of people a lot of peace of mind that the dolphins got away freely."
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