China News Service, August 27. According to foreign media reports, a Mauritian government official said that on the 26th local time, 17 dolphins were found on the coast near the scene of a fuel spill on a Japanese freighter. Currently, these dolphin carcasses have been sent for autopsy.
According to Jasvin Sok Apadu, an official of the Ministry of Fisheries of Mauritius, “These dead dolphins had several wounds and blood around their jaws, but there were no traces of fuel. There were about 10 surviving dolphins, looking very tired, almost Can't swim."
Data map: dolphins. Sipaphoto copyright works are prohibited from reprinting
Apadu said the dolphin carcass had been sent to the Albion Fisheries Research Center for autopsy. The autopsy results are expected to be released on the evening of the 26th local time.
According to reports, the local environmental protection organization in Mauritius called for the disclosure of the results of the autopsy of the dolphins, and stated that the organization hopes to be present during the autopsy, "to better understand the cause of the death of the dolphins," but it is still waiting for a response from the authorities.
The carcass of a starfish was found by the sea after an oil spill occurred offshore Mauritius.
On July 25, a Japanese cargo ship ran into a coral reef off Mauritius and ran aground. On August 6, the hull of the freighter ruptured, causing a large amount of fuel leakage. According to local media reports, the cargo ship carried about 4,000 tons of fuel oil, and at least 1,000 tons of fuel oil had leaked into the nearby sea.
Taking into account the damage to the nearby environment and endangered organisms caused by the fuel oil spill, Mauritius declared the country into an "environmental emergency" on August 7.