AFP: A love-lorn dolphin has prompted a French coastal town to ban bathing on its beaches, fearing people may be hurt by the antics of the over-excited mammal.
Roger Lars, mayor of Landevennec, on the western tip of Brittany, issued a ban on voluntarily approaching within 50 metres (yards) of the dolphin and outlawed bathing and diving from the district’s beaches whenever the animal is spotted in local waters.The move was made on the basis of advice from marine specialists after the visibly excited three-metre (10-foot) dolphin — nicknamed Zafar — bumped against boats and bathers, he said.”I issued the decree to ensure safety… Several bathers were really afraid — he even lifted up a woman bather with his snout,” Lars told the local newspaper Ouest France.
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