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Unfit for porpoise: Frisky dolphin Zafar forces beach ban in France's Landevennec

Agence France-Presse • August 28, 2018, 11:15:27 IST
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The move was made after the visibly excited three-metre dolphin bumped against boats and bathers.

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Unfit for porpoise: Frisky dolphin Zafar forces beach ban in France's Landevennec

A love-lorn dolphin has prompted a French coastal town to ban bathing on its beaches, fearing people may be hurt by the antics of the over-excited mammal. Roger Lars, mayor of Landevennec, on the western tip of Brittany, issued a ban on voluntarily approaching within 50 metres (yards) of the dolphin and outlawed bathing and diving from the district’s beaches whenever the animal is spotted in local waters. The move was made on the basis of advice from marine specialists after the visibly excited three-metre (10-foot) dolphin — nicknamed Zafar — bumped against boats and bathers, he said. [caption id=“attachment_5060501” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]Representational image. Image courtesy: Pixabay Representational image. Image courtesy: Pixabay[/caption] “I issued the decree to ensure safety… Several bathers were really afraid — he even lifted up a woman bather with his snout,” Lars told the local newspaper Ouest France. The ban took effect on 20 August. Sami Hassani, a specialist in marine mammals at the Oceanopolis sea park, said the dolphin could accidentally cause “serious injuries” with its tail fin. But the ban has run into legal problems. Lawyer Erwan Le Cornec told AFP he plans to file a petition to overturn the restrictions on the grounds of administrative over-reach. “How many accidents involving a dolphin and a human have occurred in the region of Finistere since the two species have lived side-by-side?” he asked scornfully. “None.” “With this decree the mayor is trying to make out that the dolphin is almost like a ferocious beast, something that is completely unpredictable, able to drown people.” The mayor, he said, “will overturn the rightly positive approach that people have towards dolphins into a fear of these intelligent animals.”

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