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A fishing boat grounded off Ireland’s storm-swept Kerry coast could endanger the health of the country’s best-loved dolphin, the government warned Monday.
Fungie has lived in Dingle Bay for several years and is swimming too close to boats inspecting the trawler Celestial Dawn. Officials placed absorbent booms around the vessel, which has leaked some of the 17,500 gallons of diesel fuel.
The Spanish-registered vessel was trapped on rocky outcrops near Dingle Bay on Saturday.
On Monday pollution officials surveyed the Celestial Dawn to determine how much diesel was leaking and whether it could be safely towed away.
