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Canoe club rescues dolphins after they become stuck in shallow lake near Perth - video

It took the rescuers more than three hours to catch the dolphins trapped in the deep water

Jack Simpson
Friday 27 March 2015 16:24 GMT
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It took ten people to lift the dolphin into
It took ten people to lift the dolphin into

Two dolphins were dramatically rescued after they became stuck in a shallow lake in Western Australia.

Wildlife officers and members of a local canoe club were enlisted to help to catch and then transport the dolphins back to deeper waters after they had become trapped when chasing fish up a river and into the Mandurah Lake 70 km south of Perth.

"Both dolphins were healthy but a bit tired after several days of being in the lake, which had become too shallow for them to navigate back to deeper water," said Marine Park coordinator Melissa Evans.

"They're really heavy, the ones we had were about 2.5 metres long and we estimate up to about 300 kilograms.

"It was a pretty concerted effort from everybody involved."

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