A two-meter-long dolphin died a day after it was rescued in the waters off Cabangan town in this province, the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (Menro) confirmed on Friday. Aiz Cabaltica, officer in charge of Menro Cabangan, said the dolphin died at midnight on Thursday while being treated at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) research station in Barangay Bamban in Masinloc town. The dolphin’s body was already transferred to University of the Philippines Los Baños in Laguna where it will undergo microscopy to confirm the cause of its death.

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