PHUKET: An injured striped dolphin washed up on Nai Yang beach in Thalang district on Sunday morning, says Sirinat National Park chief Sorasak Rananan.
The dolphin was found on the beach by locals and tourists about 7.30am.
A rescue team from Sakhu tambon administrative organisation and officials from Sirinat National Park gave the marine mammal first aid.
The male dolphin, rescuers said, was about 170 centimetres long, about 80 centimetres in circumference, weighed about 80 kilogrammes and appeared weak.
It was taken by stretcher to Sireetarn Marine Endangered Animals Rescue Centre at Laem Phanwa in Muang district, Phuket, for treatment.
Patcharaporn Kaewmong, a vet from the centre, said the dolphin had one wound to its tail, one to the right side of its body and one inside its mouth.
Mr Sorasak said four dolphins had been sighted on Saturday, but he did not know whether this was one of them.
The dolphin might have been injured while trapped in a fishing net, from which it managed to escape, he said.