{"id":499676,"date":"2026-01-07T20:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499676\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T20:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:10:13","slug":"stranded-baby-dolphin-rescued-in-new-smyrna-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499676\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded baby dolphin rescued in New Smyrna Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photos: Stranded baby dolphin rescued in New Smyrna Beach<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wesh.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WESH logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:40 AM EST Jan 7, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA baby dolphin stranded in New Smyrna Beach was rescued on Wednesday morning. Photos shared by Volusia Beach Safety show the baby dolphin onshore getting assistance from officials.Beach safety crews said they were keeping the dolphin&#8217;s skin moist until crews took over. The dolphin is a male and was found very stressed. The Hubbs-Seaworld Research Institute will help the dolphin recover.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"dateline\">NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A baby dolphin stranded in New Smyrna Beach was rescued on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n<p>Photos shared by Volusia Beach Safety show the baby dolphin onshore getting assistance from officials.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"Stranded baby dolphin\" title=\"Stranded baby dolphin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/613302556-122215209566047098-6935505146410065719-n-695e7a7f54d01.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"Stranded baby dolphin\" title=\"Stranded baby dolphin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612553301-122215209548047098-2713144641137817334-n-695e7a7f6508e.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"Stranded baby dolphin\" title=\"Stranded baby dolphin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612515063-122215209416047098-3698839466362217202-n-695e7a7f5ea24.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Beach safety crews said they were keeping the dolphin&#8217;s skin moist until crews took over. The dolphin is a male and was found very stressed. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hswri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hubbs-Seaworld Research Institute<\/a> will help the dolphin recover. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos: Stranded baby dolphin rescued in New Smyrna Beach Updated: 11:40 AM EST Jan 7, 2026 Editorial Standards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":499677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[19028,224298,25076,27208,1408,20517,3610,159,22720,224300,67,132,68,224299,14735,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-499676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-assistance","9":"tag-baby-dolphin","10":"tag-crew","11":"tag-new-smyrna-beach","12":"tag-official","13":"tag-photo","14":"tag-rehabilitation","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-seaworld","17":"tag-skin-moist","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-volusia-beach-safety","22":"tag-wednesday-morning","23":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115855636923068376","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}