{"id":136371,"date":"2024-12-13T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136371"},"modified":"2024-12-13T00:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T17:48:00","slug":"dolphins-left-stranded-after-hurricane-milton-rescued-from-florida-lagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136371","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins left stranded after Hurricane Milton rescued from Florida lagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">The Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office video shows the team effort across multiple agencies and wildlife groups to rescue two stranded dolphins trapped in a Florida mangrove after Hurricane Milton flooding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>MATLACHA, Fla. <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>Two dolphins likely stranded from Hurricane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/milton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milton<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-storm-surge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storm surge<\/a> were freed from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> mangrove this week, more than two months after the storm, by local law enforcement and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wildlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildlife<\/a> teams.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">On Monday, officials with the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office in Southwest Florida were alerted to several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dolphins<\/a> in a shallow lagoon deep within the mangroves near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/matlacha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matlacha<\/a>. According to the sheriff&#8217;s office, the lagoon was only 2 to 3 feet deep at high tide, and only 2 feet of water was in the trails leading to open water, which prevented the dolphins from swimming out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/288\/162\/img_0541-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/576\/324\/img_0541-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/720\/405\/img_0541-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1440\/810\/img_0541-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/img_0541-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1336\/752\/img_0541-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/img_0541-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Wildlife and LCSO teams conducting a shallow-water rescue of two stranded dolphins in Lee County, Florida on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Wildlife and LCSO teams conducting a shallow-water rescue of two stranded dolphins in Lee County, Florida on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The sheriff&#8217;s office Marine Unit and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists responded to the lagoon on Tuesday and found two dolphins alive and one deceased dolphin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">FWC staff told FOX Weather the dolphins may have accessed the area during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/hurricane-milton-landfall-florida-storm-surge-power-outages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Milton&#8217;s impacts around Oct. 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">On Wednesday, FWC, the sheriff&#8217;s office, MOTE Marine, Brookfield Zoo Chicago-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/sarasota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarasota<\/a>, Dolphin Research Program and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/clearwater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clearwater<\/a> Aquarium conducted a complicated rescue using shallow-water boats and equipment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/288\/162\/img_0540-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/576\/324\/img_0540-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/720\/405\/img_0540-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1440\/810\/img_0540-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/img_0540-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1336\/752\/img_0540-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/img_0540-scaled.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Wildlife and LCSO teams conducting a shallow-water rescue of two stranded dolphins in Lee County, Florida on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Wildlife and LCSO teams conducting a shallow-water rescue of two stranded dolphins in Lee County, Florida on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (FWC \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;With all hands on deck, Lee County Marine Unit deputies jumped in to help. Both dolphins were placed on floating mats and pulled through over 300 yards of mud and muck, and then towed by boat to deeper waters,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sheriffleefl\/videos\/568554769124943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Sheriff&#8217;s Office said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">FWC officials said the two dolphins were tagged and released into the wild in Matlacha Pass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/dolphins-stranded-hurricane-milton-rescue-florida\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office video shows the team effort across multiple agencies and wildlife groups to rescue two stranded dolphins trapped in a Florida mangrove after Hurricane Milton flooding. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136371\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}