Sick dolphin calf improves with tube-fed milk and helping hands

Volunteer Thippunyar Thipjuntar feeds a baby dolphin named Paradon with milk at the Marine and Coastal Resources Research and Development Centre in Rayong province in eastern Thailand (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

A dolphin calf found drowning in a tidal pool in Thailand is on the road to recovery after being lovingly cared for.

The Irrawaddy calf – sick and too weak to swim – was spotted by fishermen, who alerted marine experts, and taken to a specialist centre in Rayong.