Thousands protest in Mauritius over dead dolphins, demand resignations

Tens of thousands of people have protested in Mauritius over the government’s slow response to an oil spill from a grounded Japanese ship and the alarming discovery of dozens of dead dolphins in recent days

08/29/2020 Rachel Kennedy Environment, News 0

*Remnants of Oil Spill from Japanese ship*

(Reuters) – Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the Mauritius capital Port Louis on Saturday to demand an investigation into an oil spill from a Japanese ship and the mysterious death of at least 40 dolphins that have been found near the site of the spill.

*Stock photo of dolphins swimming in Mauritian waters*

Environmentalists have called for an investigation into whether the dolphins died as a result of the spill caused when the bulk carrier, the MV Wakashio, struck a coral reef last month.

*Protestor from Greenpeace joining protest against oil spill in dolphin waters.*

One protestor held a banner with a dolphin covered in oil reading “our lives matter” and another held one calling for the government to resign. Mauritian flags were waved across the packed square of St Louis Cathedral.