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本地保育工作 Local Conservation Efforts

海洋生物擱淺行動組：了解香港水域內鯨豚擱淺的死亡個案
Marine Life Stranding Response Team: Understanding Cetacean Stranding Deaths in
Hong Kong Waters

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10 8 中華白海豚

個案數目 Number of cases 6 4 Chinese white dolphin
江豚
Finless porpoise
其他

2 Other
0 7/2020 8/2020 9/2020 10/2020 11/2020 12/2020 1/2021 2/2021 3/2021 4/2021 5/2021 6/2021

月 Month/年 Year
於二零二零至二零二一年度，海洋生物擱淺行 In 2020/21, the Marine Life Stranding Response Team responded to 51
動組共處理五十一宗鯨豚擱淺個案，數字之高 cases of cetacean stranding, a worrisomely high number. By examining the
令人擔憂。行動組透過調查擱淺現場，以及在 stranding sites and conducting necropsies with the support of Ocean Park's
海洋公園獸醫的專業支援下進行解剖，致力辨 veterinary experts, the Team strove to identify the cause of death of various
識不同擱淺個案的死因。以下為行動組去年調 cases. Below are three of the cases investigated by the Team during this
past year.
查過的其中三宗個案。

擱淺個案一：腦出血的侏儒抹香鯨
Stranding Case 1: A Dwarf Sperm Whale with Brain Bleeding
於二零二一年六月十七日，在大浪灣東有人報告有一條尚存活的侏儒抹香鯨
（Kogia sima）擱淺，可惜其後在初步檢查時已證實死亡。解剖結果發現牠的
腦部右半球顱內出血，原因為被船隻撞擊。
A live dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) was reported in Tai Long Wan East on 17
June 2021. However, it was confi rmed dead upon the veterinarian's preliminary
examination. The necropsy discovered an intracranial haemorrhage in the right
hemisphere from a boat crash.

擱淺個案二：死因不明的熱帶斑海豚
Stranding Case 2: A Pantropical Spotted Dolphin with
Unknown Cause of Death
於二零二一年六月十九日，在汀九灣泳灘發現一條活體熱帶斑海豚。可惜，由
於海豚的狀況太差，在獲救後不久便宣告死亡。雖然牠的死因未明，但在牠的
鯨脂層發現多種寄生蟲。

On 19 June 2021, a live pantropical spotted dolphin was found in Ting Kau
Beach. Unfortunately, the dolphin was in so poor a condition that it died soon
after rescue. While the cause of death is unknown, multiple parasites were found
within the layers of blubber.

擱淺個案三：肺部受感染的江豚
Stranding Case 3: A Finless Porpoise with Lung Infections
一條幼年江豚的屍體在清水灣被發現，解剖過程未有發現明顯傷口，但其肺部
則受寄生蟲嚴重感染。
The necropsy of a finless porpoise calf found in Clearwater Bay revealed no
obvious wounds, but did identify a serious parasitic infection in the lungs.

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