Los Mochis, Sinaloa.- Great indignation is being caused on social networks by the news that El Pechocho, the icon dolphin of the port of TopolobampoAhome, for which tourists come from all over the Mexican Republic just to see it, again He is injured and under a high level of stress.
Today the injuries are on his back and face, and the causes of these cuts on his skin are officially known: the propeller of a boat was responsible.
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This follows from the notice to the maritime community made on April 15 by the Port Authority of Topolobampo. Even, as it did in December 2021, restricted access to the cove where it is located, El Bichi, the place that he himself chose more than 32 years ago and from where he interacts friendly with tourists, fishermen and locals.
The notice is specifically addressed to nautical tourism service providers, yacht and recreational boat owners, fishermen and the general public, and is signed by Jesús López Contreras, captain of the Port of Topolobampo.
It specifies two biologists sent by the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa), the National Commission of National Protected Areas (Conanp) and Wildlife, who ruled that the injuries presented by the noble dolphin are of concern and that for This recommended the temporary closure of access to the Pechocho cove.
total rejection
Among the comments made by netizens on the Debate de Los Mochis Facebook page, there were those who spoke out because whoever enters the cove where Pechocho lives does so by rowing so that the propellers do not hurt them. “Let them row in. They want to see it, adapt for their own good,” wrote David Leyva.
Others asked to be more careful when entering El Bichi, in addition to asking the authorities to impose heavy fines on those who do not turn off the engines completely, and some more were more radical and asked for the definitive closure of the cove so that El Pechocho You can be calmer, without interruptions and without the dangers to which you are exposed with propeller boats.
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In December 2021, El Pechocho suffered injuries to his skin for the first time with a propeller and was isolated for two months, until on January 15 the Port Authority again authorized the tours of tourist providers and boat owners to the Pechocho cove. .
However, barely three months passed and the friendly dolphin who adopted Topolobampo to become one with him was once again injured by a propeller.
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