The very weak animal was transported to the aquarium of Nausicaa, Boulogne, where it received first attention. Halfway, in an excellently co-ordinated effort, the animal was transferred to the care of the veterinary surgeon of the rehabilitation centre based at the dolphinarium of Harderwijk, The Netherlands. This centre specialises in the rehabilitation of stranded dolphins and porpoises.
Striped dolphins are very rare in the North Sea.
From the Belgian coast only one stranding is known. This is the second stranding of a striped dolphin in the North of France during the last few weeks.