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| Keywords: US Navy 050917-N-0793G-001 Dolphins placed in a temporary saltwater pool facility at the Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport.jpg en Gulfport Miss Sept 17 2005 - Ens Michael Dobling left and Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Philip Myers welcomes one of four Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins displaced when hurricane Katrina destroyed their home at the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport Miss The dolphins are being placed in a temporary saltwater pool facility at the Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport U S Navy Marine Mammal Program personnel from San Diego Calif provided the aboveground facility along with other necessary filtration equipment needed to care for sea mammals The dolphins spent the last two and a half weeks in the Gulf of Mexico swept out to sea by a wave reported to be forty feet high during Hurricane Katrina Because these dolphins are from a captive facility they do not forage for food or necessarily have the survival skills needed to avoid predators or boat traffic Since they were spotted off the gulf coast on Saturday Sept 10 Marine Life Aquarium trainers and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Service biologists have been feeding the dolphins several times a day from a NOAA vessel U S Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class Chris Gethings RELEASED 2005-09-17 050917-N-0793G-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 28294 U S Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class Chris Gethings PD-USGov-Military-Navy Marine Life Oceanarium Master-at-arms Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport United States Navy Marine Mammal Program Mammals of Mississippi | ||||
