Moelfre Lifeboat launches on a mission with a Porpoise!
Thursday (29/04/2021) our RNLI inshore lifeboat (ILB) Enfys 2 launched after being tasked by Holyhead Coastguard that a porpoise had become stranded near St. David’s Park, Traeth Coch.
After being wrapped in a wet blanket, the porpoise was carefully lifted onboard the ILB by the RNLI crew and Coastguard team. Once onboard the porpoise was then taken approximately a mile offshore so that it could be released in the open water. There were smiles all round as the crew observed the porpoise swimming happily away.
For further information, please contact Phil Williams, Moelfre Lifeboat Press Officer, on 07773 979910
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