Dolphin rescue: Dramatic moment fishermen save baby dolphin trapped in fishing net

NationalWorld.com

This is the moment a pair of fishermen rescued a baby dolphin trapped in a fishing net.  Jose Ramón Pérez, 27, and Miguel Rodríguez, 36, were fishing 10km off the coast of Almería, Spain when they found the animal tangled in a net.  The two men spotted the young dolphin thanks to its mother, which had been desperately trying to keep her baby afloat.  The baby's tail was tangled in a rope and was being pulled underwater - almost drowning it.  But its mother would not leave its side and kept trying to lift it and keep its head above water.  José Ramon, a warehouse worker, and Miguel, a greenhouse owner, rushed to the baby's help after seeing the mother lift her flank above the waterline.

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00:00 That bug has something going on with it.

00:02 Look, this one is not leaving.

00:05 But the one with the mouth up has something going on with it.

00:09 It's dead or it has little left.

00:12 It's giving birth to something.

00:15 No, look, it's tied up, man.

00:17 It's tied up, look at the tail.

00:19 That's why the other one doesn't leave, man.

00:21 Who does that to an animal?

00:24 Look, it's up again, man.

00:26 The mother doesn't want it to die.

00:28 My mother, what an animal.

00:30 There are good people in the world, friends.

00:35 Here we are saving a dolphin.

00:38 You're welcome, friends.

00:43 That one is going to remember you for the rest of his life.

00:49 That you have saved it.

00:51 I'm still shaking, partner.

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