Coast Guard transports trained dolphins to Mexico [Image 5 of 9]

CORONADO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

10.05.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Simpson 

U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET San Diego

Members of the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program load bottlenose dolphins aboard a Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27J Spartan aircraft at Naval Base North Island, in Coronado, California, Oct. 5, 2017. The dolphins and their trainers are deploying to assist Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources in searching for the few remaining vaquita porpoises in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Rob Simpson/released)

• Date Taken: 10.05.2017
• Date Posted: 10.05.2017 17:17
• Photo ID: 3838868
• VIRIN: 171005-G-GV559-016
• Resolution: 6823x4554
• Size: 26.28 MB
• Location: CORONADO, CALIFORNIA, US