NJ.Com:
HIGHLANDS — Witnesses claim they saw three to five dolphins who had been feared dead in the icy Shrewsbury River swim out of the waterway and into the open waters of Sandy Hook Bay last week.
The owner and several employees of Bahr's Landing, a seafood restaurant in Highlands, said they saw the animals swim past the Route 36 bridge and into the bay on Jan. 15 -- right before the river froze over.
"We were in the dining room talking when, all of a sudden, someone yelled, "Oh, my God! I just saw the dolphins!' " said Ann Luongo, a waitress at the restaurant. "I saw two of the most beautiful dolphins jump out of the river, just like you would at Sea World."
The owner of the restaurant, Jay Cosgrove, said he saw between three and five dolphins swim past the bridge out to the bay.
Luongo said she watched the rest of the afternoon to see if the dolphins swam back into the river, as they have several times before. They did not, she said.
Teri Frady, a spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said the restaurant owner told the agency the same thing, but said she could not confirm or disprove the sighting.
The lack of dolphin sightings in recent days led to fears they had died in the icy waters.
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Between three and five? Why didn't he just report that he saw four dolphins? Shenanigans!
Now what will Pallone and Menendez spend their time worrying about?
Actually now that I think about we were better off with them worrying about the dolphins rather then about us!
Art - breaking news!!! A school of bluefish just swam past the tip of Sandy Hook!
Here comes a stingray. There goes a manta ray.
For those who have not been following the dolphin story, there has been a great deal of controversy about how to help the dolphins survive since they showed up in the Shrewsbury and Navesink last June.
Residents, activists and politicians wanted the government to come up with a plan to coax or remove the dolphins from the river and back to the ocean before the rivers froze and the dolphins drowned. 4 dolphins drowned in the Navesink several years back after the government intervened.
NOAA, the federal agency in charge of such things refused to intervene this time and prohibited anyone else from doing so. Their position was that the dolphins were healthy, behaving normally and that nature should take its course. There was all kinds of hysteria and and public posturing for poltical points, but NOAA stood firm.
This is a perfect example of the government doing the right thing by staying out of the way.
If only we could get the government to treat humans as well as they treat dolphins....by leaving us alone and letting us fend for ourselves.
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