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| Clyde dolphin 'unlikely to live' | Clyde dolphin 'unlikely to live' |
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| A dolphin which has got into difficulty in the River Clyde is "unlikely" to survive, a vet has warned. | A dolphin which has got into difficulty in the River Clyde is "unlikely" to survive, a vet has warned. |
| Patrick Pollock, a fellow in equine surgery at Glasgow University, made the assessment after inspecting the Risso's dolphin from a fire brigade dinghy. | Patrick Pollock, a fellow in equine surgery at Glasgow University, made the assessment after inspecting the Risso's dolphin from a fire brigade dinghy. |
| He said the mammal was "emaciated" and had a "nasty laceration" to its head. | He said the mammal was "emaciated" and had a "nasty laceration" to its head. |
| The 10ft-long creature first appeared on Sunday and has been swimming further inland. So far, all attempts to usher it back out to sea have failed. | The 10ft-long creature first appeared on Sunday and has been swimming further inland. So far, all attempts to usher it back out to sea have failed. |
| Mr Pollock said it had been quite difficult to get close to the dolphin but what he had seen was not good. | Mr Pollock said it had been quite difficult to get close to the dolphin but what he had seen was not good. |
| He said: "Essentially the animal looks fairly emaciated. It's got quite a nasty laceration over its head. | |
| The mammal has been spotted swimming in the Clyde | |
| "I think it's unlikely (to survive) and not just because of the way it looks but just because of where it is. | "I think it's unlikely (to survive) and not just because of the way it looks but just because of where it is. |
| "It's very unusual to have an animal in the upper part of the Clyde and particularly this species. It's usually found in deep water. | "It's very unusual to have an animal in the upper part of the Clyde and particularly this species. It's usually found in deep water. |
| "These animals feed on squid and other animals that live in the deep sea area. We know from previous experience that once we see these animals coming up a river like the Clyde there's something far wrong." | "These animals feed on squid and other animals that live in the deep sea area. We know from previous experience that once we see these animals coming up a river like the Clyde there's something far wrong." |
| Andy Ireland from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue also inspected the mammal. | Andy Ireland from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue also inspected the mammal. |
| He said: "We're going to play a waiting game and maybe we'll get a chance to intervene or maybe it will proceed back down the river. | He said: "We're going to play a waiting game and maybe we'll get a chance to intervene or maybe it will proceed back down the river. |
| "The chances are it may strand somewhere, that's the best case scenario. | "The chances are it may strand somewhere, that's the best case scenario. |
| "If the dolphin came ashore we could actually get down there to it, get a good look at it and actually assess its condition a lot better." | "If the dolphin came ashore we could actually get down there to it, get a good look at it and actually assess its condition a lot better." |