Cornwall Wildlife Trust has received shocking footage showing multiple injured dolphins. The imagery recorded by crew on the Mevagissey to Fowey ferry on Sunday, 3rd August, shows at least five animals within the pod of dolphins filmed had injured dorsal fins. Three dolphins had dorsal fins damaged or bent over and two had them completely cut off.
Veterinary Pathologist James Barnett from the Cornwall Marine Pathology team judged that the injuries had most likely come about from impact with high-speed watercraft or propellers.
Cornwall Wildlife Trust has received a number of reports recently of boats going straight towards and even through pods. It is illegal in the UK to intentionally or recklessly kill, injure, or disturb cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.