The carcass of a spinner dolphin was found washed up on a beach in Padang, Indonesia with multiple injuries sustained from plastic waste in the ocean.

Filmed on January 11, a group of locals spot the dolphin carcass and drag it onto the beach where they point out the visible injuries on the body.

The dolphin had a large puncture on the side of its body which is suspected to have been caused by wood floating in the sea.

Ramlan, one of the fishermen at Muaro Lasak beach, said: "The death of the dolphin indicates the sea condition of the city of Padang is contaminated by trash because the dolphin is one of the sea animals that like cleanliness "

a muaro ladak son of the Padang city is trying to extract a dolphin that has been stranded on the coast of the muaro lasak Padang city on 11 January 2020.

when he arrived on land, the dolphin was found dead with a hollow body suspected of being punctured by wood ,, in addition to the fin body of the dolphin looked torn.

Ramlan, one of the fishermen of Muaro Lasak beach, said "the dolphin has a length of approximately 1.5 centimeters, the death of a dolphin indicates the sea condition of the city of Padang contaminated by trash, because the dolphin is one of the sea animals that like cleanliness "

meanwhile, when confirmed by the head of the coastal management agency, the mudatsir paddock said, "The dolphin is a dolphin spiner type, Many made the dolphins stranded to the edge of one of the weather, namely underwater currents from the south of the hot west Sumatra region due to EKSTREAM weather, triggering the dolphins to run to the edge"

Mudatsir regretted the occurrence of a dolphin that died because the sea of ​​the western Sumatra region of Masi was classified as clean.

The dolphins that died on the Muaro lasak beach are one of the dolphins most sought by the Indonesian government to stay awake through conservation.