Porpoise Rescue , Petticodiac River, Moncton

Newschaser 843 videos
4,684
views
4,684
views
Newschaser | June 10, 2009

Around 5:50pm a passerby seen a Porpoise stuck in the mud by where the old G...

Newschaser | June 10, 2009

Around 5:50pm a passerby seen a Porpoise stuck in the mud by where the old Gunningsville Bridge once stood, on the Petticodiac River where Moncton and Riverview join. 2 Firemen struggled thru the thick mud of the Petty to reach the stranded Porpoise . Ropes a boat and the 4wheelers winch, pulled the Porpoise up the bank. Once they had the Porpoise it was rushed on a 4 wheeler to a waiting fire truck with water , then headed down a walking trail in behind the baseball fields, looking for a better spot to release it. Video aired on CTV news with Bruce Frisko & ASN with Steve Murphy , Global News and CBC News.

Loading...
   
 
 
Sign In or Sign Up now!
Alert icon
Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!

Uploader Comments (Newschaser)

  • I live in Moncton and I wasn't aware this happened. Nice video work and editing. What are you using for a video camera?

  • thanks I just use a hand held sony video camera with 60x zoom

Highest Rated Comments

  • Nice Rescue and nice Video there Newschaser..

  • Thank goodness someone saw this poor dolphin so it could be rescued!!!

    You sure have some great videos, Newschaser!!!

see all

All Comments (23)

  • @sharerx That is were it came from, the river eventually goes out to sea.... Some times they take the wrong turn.

    I remember 10 years ago this happened but there were 3 of them and they were adults, they were stuck around the Riverview Superstore...

  • i live in dieppe

  • How did it get there. They are supposed to live in the sea.

  • This is so great! I love watching animals get a secend chance at life!

  • Great video!

  • also, I herd there was 3 of them caught in the mud... they all rescued them BUT...1 died and 2 survived.

    they drove these dolphins , all 3 of them to shediac and released them at pointe du chene (northumberland strait) and these dolphines are Atlantic ocean /bay of fundy living..... most likely they did not survive :-(

  • Well first off this is not a porpoise ... I caught a few porpoises in the chignecto bay and this doesn't look anything like one. This looks like a Atlantic White-sided Dolphin .. yes it's a dolphin...kinda sad isn't it. There's alot fish in that river but we only see them when they get stuck.

  • I can't believe the nerve of these Sushi chefs taking this poor creature and promptly driving it straight to the JapHouse Drive-thru Sushi & Fins Restaurant. Just kidding. Great job to all the rescuers. Dam that is some soft, quicksand-like river bottom. Someone should install an airhorn that can sound off just before tidal fall, so the porpoises can know its time to return to deeper waters. .. Just kidding again. Gotch ya didn't I.

Loading...

Suggestions

Loading more suggestions...
Loading...
Saving...
Alert icon