NSB Dolphin Rescue

By NIKKI GOLUB

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The adrenaline of going out to “cover a story” Friday wore off immediately after seeing the beached dolphin and was replaced with a knot in my stomach. Here I was taking pictures of this sick, stressed sea mammal while brave locals and out-of-towners braced with a bucket and some towels did their best to help the dolphin. They had hope.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Nicole Carni had finally taken a day off from her high-pressure job as director of the Southeast Volusia Advertising Director and New Smyrna Beach Visitor's Center to serve as a chaperone for her 6-year-old boy, Allario, and his Samsula Academy classmates on a Friday morning trip to Canaveral National Seashore.

NSBNews.net photo by Henry Frederick / Breaking News

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A rare dolphin usually found 50 miles out in the ocean beached itself earlier today on shore in New Smyrna Beach and was cared for by a beachgoers before Seaworld officials arrivedseveral hours later to transport to Orlando in hopes of returning it to the Atlantic.

The 10-foot-long mammal is a Risso's dolphin, part of the whale family, which feeds on squid.