The stranding of a dolphin on a wild beach in the wilaya of Mostaganem caused the turmoil of the inhabitants of the region. This Saturday, the coastal protection services fell on the decaying carcass of a marine mammal at the water’s edge Stidia.
What makes the whole scale of the incident is that it is not precisely the first. Several similar cases have also been recorded in the area and in other wilayas of the country at relatively short intervals.
2nd dolphin stranded in Mostaganem in a month: coastal protection services on alert
This weekend, residents discovered the decomposing corpse of a medium-sized dolphin on an unsupervised beach in the town of Stidiain Mostaganem. The animal seemed dead for several days given the advanced stage of decomposition in which the authorities found it.
After investigation, it turned out to be a female bottlenose dolphin, or “tursiops truncatus”, weighing 90 kg and measuring 200 cm in length. The causes of the grounding remain unknown to this day.
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What worries the authorities the most is that this is not an isolated case. Indeed, on April 8, the elements of the National Coastal Commission were faced with exactly the same scenario. And female dolphin of the same species had also come to run aground on the beach of Sidi Adjalin the commune of Khadra. It would thus seem that the beaches of Mostaganem are a place conducive to the stranding of marine mammals, for a reason that still eludes the public authorities.
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Mostaganem is unfortunately not the only wilaya to be affected by the stranding of marine mammals. The whole north of the country is concerned, but more particularly the coastal areas such as Tipaza, Jijel or even Béjaïa, which were also the scene of these atrocious scenes.
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Last summer, a grounding very similar to those of Mostaganem took place on the beach ofArbidin Jijel. The dolphin was measuring 180 cm in length and 80 in widtha large specimen, and was found in an early state of decomposition by local authorities.
