Dead bottlenose dolphin buried on Ras El Bar beach after fishing-net death

A dead bottlenose dolphin found on Beach 63 in Ras El Bar, Damietta, has been buried, with authorities attributing its death to fishing nets.

• The Ministry of Local Development and Environment confirmed it had completed the burial under scientific and environmental procedures.
• Specialists identified the dolphin as a bottlenose dolphin and attributed its death to entanglement in fishing nets that prevented it from surfacing to breathe.
• Environment Minister Manal Awad directed authorities to take swift action and determine the cause of death after the report.
• The dolphin was buried at a depth of three meters with quicklime placed below and above the carcass, per approved procedures.