Dolphin attacked by people

A dolphin that injured swimmers along the north Clare coast in recent months has itself been attacked.

Incidents involving people calling the dolphin to the water’s edge and physically abusing it have been reported this summer.

“I was shocked to see people going into the water with cameras and poking it and trying to ride on its back, and these were not children, these were adults,” said ISPCA inspector in Clare Frankie Coote.