ALAMINOS CITY —- Personnel involved in marine mammal stranding here are hoping that their new ward — a dolphin — would survive, prompting them to name it “Hope.”
The 500-kilo, 3.8-meter long false killer whale, a species of the dolphin, is being rehabilitated at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources facility in Barangay Lucap in this city.
It has scratches and wounds on its body, which may have been inflicted by a cookiecutter shark.
“The marine animal is strong and is swimming,” said Hasmin Chogsayan, a veterinarian of the BFAR.
She added: “We named it Hope, and we hope that it would recover soon.”
Chogsayan said Hope hardly eats the fish and squid given t…
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