Punta Cana Specialists And Veterinarians Attended A Stranded Calderon Whale

Our team of Specialists and Veterinarians from Dolphin Discovery Punta Cana and Ocean Adventures, members of the family of The Dolphin Company in the Dominican Republic, assisted and reintegrated a cetacean known as Tropical Calderon (Globicephala Macrorhynchus) that had been stranded on a beach.

The whale was stranded on the beach ‘El cortecito’, so the people who witnessed its arrival contacted the professionals of Dolphin Discovery Punta Cana, Ocean Adventures, the Department of Protected Areas and Natural Resources and the army of the Dominican Republic, who took care of the whale, keeping it calm and hydrated, gave it medicine and when it was strong enough, it was taken to the open sea, outside the reef barrier, to be reintegrated into its habitat.

Our team of professionals believes that the cetacean crossed the reef barrier at high tide and when it went down, it was no longer possible to return and was trapped between the beach and the barrier, for which they had to move it to the open sea to reintegrate it to its habitat. The good news was that in the area where it was reintegrated, there was a group of this species who were probably the ones it was with before the incident.

We are proud of the Specialists and Veterinarians that make up the ‘Rescue Team’, as they have cared for thousands of animals that have been rescued, rehabilitated and reintegrated into their habitat thanks to the knowledge they possess. We will continue to provide a second chance at life to all those specimens of wildlife that are found in cities around the world where we have presence.