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USCG Helping with Dolphin Rescue

Several people kneel and lean over a dolphin wrapped in cloth inside a cramped vessel interior, steadying it for transport to the beach for release.

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USCG Released photos Hurricane Rita

CAMERON, La. (Sept. 28, 2005)--Sarah Piwetz (right) and other members of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network hold onto a dolphin while he is transported to the beach where he will be set free. Igor, the dolphin, was stranded in a ditch near South Cameron High School after Hurricane Rita and found by an NBC crew reporting there. USCG photo by PA2 Andrew Kendrick

Citation

“USCG Helping with Dolphin Rescue,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2373.