Along the shores of Albany's Princess Royal Harbour, a stranding of twelve dolphins became a window into the fragile boundary between human care and nature's deeper forces. One dolphin died despite community efforts to save the pod, and its carcass now carries a question larger than a single animal's fate — whether H5 bird flu, already moving through Western Australia's wild seabirds, has begun crossing into marine mammals. When more carcasses surfaced the following morning, the story shifted again, drawing sharks toward shore and reminding those who live beside the sea that each disturbance s
Dead dolphin tested for bird flu as shark alert issued off Albany
One dolphin died; 11 others were rescued by members of the public who waded into shallow water to assist the stranded pod.