Over 100 dolphins were washed ashore in Somalia’s northeastern region of Puntland

Source, by: Horn Observer Contributor | 24 January 2025 00:54

Photo: Puntland Ministry of Environment

Bosaso, Puntland (Horn Obverser) More than 100 dolphins were seen at the shores between Bosaso and Mareero towns in Somalia’s Puntland, a rare case that shocked the residents, residents and Puntland Ministry of Environment and Climate change said.

Videos circulating the social media, the residents said that the dolphins were about 140 laying at the shores, some of them dead, while some of them are the verge of dying.

It was not immediately clear reasons this shocking case. However,  Puntland Ministry of Enviroment and climate change on late Thrusday afternoon said that the Ministry will carry out investigations into the matter.

Analysists believe that the ocean might have been dumped into chemical wastes, which could have contaminated the dolphins.

Many foreign countries dump chemical wastes in Somalia’s waters. Some of the chemical containers containing hazardous chemicals were frequently seen in Somalia’s shores.