Seven more dolphins found dead on Mauritius beach near oil spill
Seven more dead dolphins have been found on a Mauritius beach, a government official says, a day after 17 carcasses were washed up near an oil spill caused by a Japanese ship that struck a coral reef.
Results from an autopsy conducted on the 17 dolphins found on Wednesday are expected on Thursday.
The spill came from the Japanese-owned MV Wakashio, which ran aground on July 25 and began to spill oil about a week later. The ship was scuttled Monday.
Greenpeace called on the government of Mauritius to launch an "urgent investigation to determine the cause of the deaths and any ties to the Wakashio oil spill," it said in a tweet on Thursday.
The full impact of the spill is still unfolding, but scientists have warned to brace for a major ecological disaster in the area, which could impact Mauritius and its tourism-dependent economy for decades.
(Source: Reuters)
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