Salon.com > animal rescue http://www.salon.com Sun, 26 May 2013 01:38:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 There is a dolphin trapped in the Gowanus Canal http://www.salon.com/2013/01/25/there_is_a_dolphin_trapped_in_the_gowanus_canal/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/25/there_is_a_dolphin_trapped_in_the_gowanus_canal/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13182162 A dolphin has found its way into the Gowanus Canal! But what could be cute news is actually sad, gross news.

The Gowanus Canal is an offshoot of New York’s Upper Bay and forms the border between the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Red Hook and Park Slope. It is also one of most extensively contaminated water bodies in the country. As a result of years of discharges, storm water runoff, sewer outflows and industrial pollutants, the Gowanus Canal was declared a Superfund site in 2010.

Like I said: No place for a dolphin.

Rescuers from the Riverhead Foundation on Long Island are en route to rescue the misplaced mammal, which NBC News is broadcasting live for some reason.

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