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Dolphins Help Save Dog from Drowning

Jake Richardson

March 7, 2011

On Marco Island, Florida a group of dolphins came to the aid of a lost Doberman that had fallen into a canal and couldn’t get out. The dolphins made so much noise, it attracted the attention of people living nearby, who then rescued the dog. The Doberman was believed to have spent 15 hours in the canal water before he was pulled out by fire personnel and reunited with his owner.

One of the people whose attention was captured by the noisy, demonstrative dolphins said, “They were really putting up a ruckus, almost beaching themselves on the sandbar over there. If it wasn’t for the dolphin, I would have never seen the dog.” (Source: ABC7news) He said also if the dolphins hadn’t persisted enough to get their attention, the dog would have died in the canal. The dog had fallen over the edge of a concrete wall down into the water far enough that it had no chance of getting back up by itself. The dog was exhausted from being in the cold water for hours, and most likely suffering from hypothermia.

Dolphins have been known to sometimes help stranded or injured people as well. In 2007, a pod of dolphins formed a ring around a surfer who was injured and bleeding after being bitten by a Great White shark. The surfer survived because they prevented further bites. No one knows exactly why dolphins have intervened in such emergency situations, and helped save the lives of other species. Suffice to say they are capable of empathy and heroic actions.

Couple alerted by dolphins about tired dog tells story

Dolphins help save tired dog stuck in canal

MARCO ISLAND: The story of Turbo, the Doberman who was saved by dolphins, has picked up national attention. Friday, the couple who heard the dolphins and jumped in the water to pull Turbo from the canal spoke out.

It's believed that the determined Doberman spent 15 hours in the canal. And the Dalessandros are part of the reason he survived.

"I think he was probably in the water probably much of the night," said Audrey Dalessandro.

"The dog was exhausted," added Sam Dalessandro.

Sam said on Monday morning, he was loading up his boat when he heard the dolphins.

"They were really putting up a raucous, almost beaching themselves on the sandbar over there," he said. "If it wasn't for the dolphin, I would have never seen the dog."

He called 9-1-1 as his wife got the ladder.

"When I got down into the water, the dog came right over to me and stayed by my leg the whole time," Audrey said.

Firefighters arrived and helped lift him out of the cold water.

"When we finally got the dog up on shore, the dog just laid down. The dog was exhausted," Sam said.

Minutes later, he was reunited with mom Cindy Burnett.

"The lady said, 'No, the dolphin saved him,'" Burnett described.

But by then, the dolphin had left.

"If it wasn't for that dolphin, that dog would be in doggie heaven right now because we would have never seen it," Sam said.

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