{"id":479355,"date":"2026-03-16T23:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479355\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:08:08","slug":"stranded-porpoise-rescued-from-guernsey-coast-by-gspca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479355\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded porpoise rescued from Guernsey coast by GSPCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">George said: &#8220;We did everything we could to stabilise it, refloat it and give it the best possible chance with veterinary support. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Moving it to the bathing pool allowed us to monitor it safely through the night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These cases are always challenging, but we remain hopeful, and we ask the public to report any sightings straight away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">GSPCA manager Steve Byrne said the type of stranding was &#8220;rare but incredibly emotional and demanding&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;If anyone ever sees a dolphin, porpoise, seal, or any marine animal in distress, please call the GSPCA straight away &#8211; the sooner we know, the better the chances of helping them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The GSPCA said it was continuing to monitor the situation closely and encouraged islanders to stay vigilant along the coastline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George said: &#8220;We did everything we could to stabilise it, refloat it and give it the best possible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-479355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}