China News Service, August 28. According to Reuters, a government official in Mauritius stated that on the 27th local time, the bodies of seven dolphins were found on a beach in Mauritius. The day before, 17 carcasses of dolphins washed up on the coast near the scene of a fuel spill from a Japanese freighter.
On August 10, local time, a Japanese freighter ran aground off the coast of Mauritius, with heavy black oil floating on the surface.
According to reports, the official of the Ministry of Fisheries of Mauritius, Jasvin Sok Apadu, said on the 27th: “We found seven more dolphins in decomposing state this morning.”
On the 26th local time, Apadu revealed that 17 dolphins were found on the coast near the scene of the fuel spill of a Japanese freighter. They have been sent to the Albion Fisheries Research Center for autopsy.
Apadu said: "These dolphins have several wounds and blood around their jaws, but there are no traces of fuel."
The picture shows the contrast images before and after the oil spill in the sea area of the incident.
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. Scientists pointed out that this ecological disaster may affect Mauritius' tourism economy for decades.