Crying Dolphins stuck in Ice for 3 days (so far)

Four dolphins have been trapped behind drifting pack ice for several days and need rapid rescue. A massive block of ice has trapped dolphins near Newfoundland. They have been stuck for about five days and experts are concerned that they may be in danger. In fact, new reports coming in, are speculating that 2 of the dolphins may be dead.

Wayne Ledwell, who was in Seal Cove to monitor the four trapped dolphins, said he could confirm that at least one of them was still alive late in the day.

But two other dolphins did not reappear above water for over an hour and he said it's unlikely they would have survived the heaving packs of ice in White Bay, on the west coast of the Baie Verte Peninsula.

"Those animals are not strong enough to move through it," Ledwell said in an interview.

UPDATE:

The ice has now moved off, but it was probably too late.

When fisheries officers first arrived they could hear the dolphins crying. Now - only silence. Fisheries Officer Linda Davis-Kettle: “We called the marine mammal assistance program and because of the nature and shallowness of the water, they couldn’t send anybody or do anything in breaking the ice up to create a path out.” They say it’s doubtful the ice cleared in time to save any of the dolphins.