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Its too rough. >> ocean releases can be treacherous for both humans and dolphins. any number of things can go wrong. >> were dealing with volunteers that are getting ready to basically walk in ocean that sometimes is stormy. sometimes theres a lot of wave action. >> going to put an animal on here. were going to run this down to the beach. we need to follow up with the mat the animal is on. its a long walk. >> not only can the dolphins get entangled in the stretcher, but the human responder can g...

>> ocean releases can be treacherous for both humans and dolphins. any number of things can go wrong. >> were dealing with volunteers that are getting ready to basically walk in ocean that sometimes is stormy. sometimes theres a lot of wave action. >> going to put an animal on here. were going to run this down to the beach. we need to follow up with the mat the animal is on. its a long walk. >> not only can the dolphins get entangled in the stretcher, but the human responder can get entangled in...

>> the release method is that we pick them up together. okay? we all walk out slowly. basically what we want to do is get out there and sit and wait for five minutes. let the animals reacclimate. we want to see tail pumping before we initiate the release. once we feel thats achieved, were going to do is front drop method. >> ready? one, two, three, drop. slide it out. you pull from the back. there we go. >> and with that, theyre off. >> it really feels wonderful to do what we can do help. and we...

Dangerous on the outside of the cape where we usually go. its too tough. >> ocean releases can be treacherous for both humans and dolphins. any number of things can go wrong. >> were dealing with volunteers that are getting ready to basically walk in ocean that sometimes is stormy. sometimes theres a lot of wave action. >> going to put an animal on here. were going to run this down to the beach. we need to follow up with the mat the animal is on. its a long walk. >> not only can the dolphins get...