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Dony's travels - part 1

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Location 1

Date From: May 2001
Date To: 5th July 2001
Location: Blasket Islands, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Ranged between Dingle, Blasket Islands and Smerwick Harbour, but predominately around the Islands. Story is that he followed a trawler from Carrigaholt, Co. Clare, Ireland to Co. Kerry.
Identification Verified: Identified as 'Georges' through photo-identification.
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Name(s): 'Dony'
Source: Irishdolphins.com at www.irishdolphins.com

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Location 2

Date From: 29th July 2001
Date To: 11th September 2001
Location: Vendée (Ile d'Yeu, Les Sables d'Olonne), near La Rochelle, France
Identification Verified: Not verified but description and accounts very similar to both those of 'Dony' and 'Georges'
Name(s): 'Baladin', 'Moana'
Source: CRMM, La Rochelle, France

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Location 3

Date From: 22nd October 2001
Date To: 8th March 2002
Location: French coast of Cotentin and in the Channel Islands (U.K.).
Ranged between Cherbourg (predominately), Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney.
Identification Verified: Linked to 'Georges' in Weymouth through photo-identification
Name(s): 'Georges', 'Randy'
Source: Groupe d'Etude des Cétacés du Cotentin (GECC) at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/gecc

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Location 4

Date From: 28th March 2002
Date To: 4th June 2002
Location: Portland and Weymouth, Dorset, England
Identification Verified: Linked to 'Dony' in Ireland through photo-identification
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Name(s): 'Georges', 'Flipper', 'Weyfin'
Source: Durlston Marine Project at www.durlston.co.uk

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Location 5

Date From: 5th June 2002
Date To: 5th June & 11th June2002
Location: Salcombe, Devon , England
Identification Verified: Linked to 'Dony' in Ireland through photo-identification
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Name(s): 'Georges'
Source: Marine Connection at www.marineconnection.co.uk

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Location 6

Date From: 6th June 2002
Date To: 8th June 2002
Location: Plymouth, Devon, England
Identification Verified: Linked to 'Dony' in Ireland through photo-identification
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Name(s): 'Georges'
Source: Marine Connection at www.marineconnection.co.uk

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Date Posted: 13/06/2002
Date Edited: 13/06/2002

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