A deaf dolphin has made a full recovery from a critical sunburn and has found a new home thanks to the care of a team of aquatic specialists in Louisiana.
Sassafras, as he was named after being rescued in March, was one of 768 marine animals rescued from the Gulf Coast after the 2010 BP oil spill and so far is the only known survivor.
But though he has overcome huge challenges, the two-year-old sea mammal’s impaired hearing is too risky for life in the wild and this week he has been transferred to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) in Gulfport, Mississippi where he will live…