Eight tame dolphins that miraculously survived after being swept out to sea during Hurricane Katrina were this week flown from Alabama to a new home in the Bahamas.
On August 29 last year, when the hurricane devastated the Gulf Coast of the United States, a giant wave swept them from their oceanarium into the muddy waters offshore. Two weeks later, the dolphins - which had stayed together - were spotted from a helicopter that was patrolling the coast in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Suffering from cuts and bruises, the dolphins reportedly approached a coastguard boat, lifting their heads out of the water to make contact with people.

Their owner, Moby Solangi, from the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, said: "They were really starving, but when they recognised their trainers they started flipping."

This week, the dolphins - Shelly, Kelly, Jill, Noah, Tamara, Toni, Jackie and Elijah - were loaded on to a DC8 cargo plane in specially constructed containers and flown from Alabama to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas.

Their new home is the 34-acre resort on Paradise Island. "None of the dolphins showed any signs of distress during the two-hour flight," said Frank Marru, an Atlantis biologist. "Even Jill, who at 41 is a very old lady, seems to be doing fine."

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There are plenty of swim with the dolphins programs but now The Mirage in Las Vegas is offering a dolphin trainer for a day program. The program lets up to four people per day work with animal experts and a family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins at The Mirage’s Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. The program includes information on dolphin health and behavior as well as hands-on training. The program also includes a light breakfast, a private lunch at a poolside table, photo, gift certificate and a Trainer for a Day T-shirt, beach towel, hat or bag. Additional photos from the day on a CD cost $75 and each participant may bring along an observer for an additional fee of $150. Observers are welcome to join the morning orientation, the private lunch and shadow the participant all day from just a few feet away and take their own personal photos. The program costs $500.

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Fort Lauderdale Gets a Whole New Break

Without losing any of its original vitality, the city of Fort Lauderdale has grown up and along the way become a sleek, dynamic oceanfront community. Gone are the days when this was a small provincial town attracting college revelers during spring break to the Fifties hit refrain of where the boys are.

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