The mysterious death of dolphins on the coast of Mauritius

After the devastation of the oil spilled from the Japanese bulk carrier MV Wakashio in Mauritius lagoons, atleast 50 dolphins and whales washed up ashore and many of the coral reefs have been affected. These aquatic animals died in the area that was affected by the oil spill. It was like a nightmare for the locals as they saw the carcass on the shore on 26 August 2020. All this has angered all the Mauritian people including me.

Among them there was a mother and her baby which were filmed by a fisherman on the lagoon. He followed them as the baby was already dead but the mother did not leave her till the end. Few minutes  later, the mother dolphin was seen flapping her tails very rapidly and at once she stopped moving. Unfortunately she slowly sank beneath the waves and her dead baby dolphin continued floating, even more than 25 dead dolphins were captured floating on the surface by other fishermen. 

You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3F2qFzLdQc

One of the witnesses at the shore, held a dead dolphin and opened its mouth which was seen full of oil. Due to that, thousands of people protested against the government. 'Greenpeace' has already warned the government that thousands of aquatic animals are at risk due to this incident but according to the fisheries' minister, there were shark bites on the dolphins.

Last month, a social activist declared a peaceful march with thousands of Mauritians on the road. They manifested in front of the parliament building at the capital city, Port-Louis. Mauritian living abroad such as Paris, New Zealand too joined in to manifest  in their respective countries.

Everyone were in black clothes and manifested for the resignation of the prime minister, they were yelling the slogan in the local language, LEV PAKE ALE.