Trained responders carry a stranded dolphin to a temporary rehabilitation center near the shoreline of Gabut Norte, Badoc, Ilocos Norte By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff Reporter BADOC, Ilocos Norte —A female sub adult spinner dolphin was found in distress along the shore of Gabut Sur village here, making it the third of this kind stranded spotted by coastal residents since January. At about 4:30pm on February 13, provincial fishery regulatory coordinator Arthur Valente of the Provincial Agriculture Office received a report from local authorities that a dolphin was stranded in the coastal village of Badoc town. Ilocos Norte’s coastal municipalities from the gateway of Badoc to the northernmost town of Pagudpud have been a frequent site of marine mammal stranding, making it one of the considered hot spots based on the high number of reported strandings next to Central Luzon (III), Region V and Central Visayas (Region VII). Responders try to feed a stranded d
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