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A Global Reassessment of Solitary-Sociable Dolphins Front. Vet. Sci. 5 p.331, 2019
L. Nunny and M.P. Simmonds
This paper reports on recent cases drawing on published and unpublished sources. Since 2008, 32 solitary dolphins have been recorded including 27 bottlenose dolphins (25 Tursiops truncatus and two Tursiops
aduncus), two striped dolphins and three common dolphins. Four solitary belugas have also been recorded. There are some ten solitary dolphins and one beluga known at the present time. . In many instances, the interactions with people that may follow their original isolation, and which typically become more intense over time, have created situations where the welfare of the animal has been compromised by disturbance, injury, the feeding of inappropriate items and aggressive human behavior. Several solitary-sociable dolphins
have also been deliberately injured and killed by humans. People who interact with these dolphins may also put themselves at risk of injury.