We’re making headlines here at Dolphins Plus! Dolphins Plus has been featured in various publications for the amazing work and rescue efforts of our staff, including with our Marine Mammal Responder Unit. We’re very proud of the work we do here, and it shows.
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Posted on: April 14, 2017
Dolphins Plus Third Annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 9, 2017 was a great success, due in no small part to the amazing kids who participated. We had nearly 500 registered kids and there were 6,500 eggs, some with special gifts and prizes for kids from newborn up to ten years old. Everyone who participated received an Easter basket filled with goodies and a scrumptious chocolate bunny. The kids…
Find out morePosted on: March 8, 2017
Dolphins Plus is proud to announce that the Keys’ own Pirates on the Water has chosen our Marine Mammal Responders as its charity of the year. To celebrate, Dolphins Plus will be hosting a Dolphin Hoedown as their annual fundraiser event on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 5:30 pm at Dolphins Plus Bayside. Dress in your best Western-themed attire and enjoy delicacies such as BBQ from Shorty’s and …
Find out morePosted on: February 8, 2017
The Alliance of Marina Mammal Parks & Aquariums' most recent newsletter highlighted the latest success of our Marine Mammal Responder unit. On January 27, the Dolphins Plus MMR was alerted to an entangled Atlantic bottlenose dolphin off Lignumvitae Key. Fortunately, thanks to the quick actions of Art Cooper, Jason Shoemaker, Michael Borguss, and Captains Matt and Ana Bellinger of Bamboo…
Find out morePosted on: January 27, 2017
On January 27, 2017 the Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder unit was alerted to the plight of an Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin entangled in a crab pot. Around 7 a.m., shortly after receiving the call from the National Marine Fisheries Service, the MMR team was scouring the ocean side and bay side waters half a mile off Lignumvitae Key.
Working with Captains Matt and Ann Bellinger of…
Find out morePosted on: January 16, 2017
The Dolphins Plus Oceanside Marine Mammal Responders unit was called into action on Sunday, January 15, 2017. A large pod of false killer whales – which, as their name suggests are actually a large species of dolphin often mistaken for orcas – had beached themselves among the gnarled mangroves on the western edge of Everglades National Park the night before.
The pod consisted of 95…
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