A boy discovers a dolphin washed up on a beach: a rope is wrapped around the dolphin and the boy removes some of it, we see small bloody cuts on the dolphin's tail and muzzle and the water around the dolphin turns red as the tide washes over it.

A woman tells a boy that a dolphin is very ill, showing him the dolphin's slightly gangrenous tail.

On two occasions we see a dolphin pull away from a boy holding it, and the dolphin thrashes against the wall of a pool, breaking a prosthetic tail into pieces as people shout at the dolphin to calm down.

An older woman tells a man that he will have to "put down" a dolphin.

A man tells his young daughter and a boy that a dolphin will be euthanized and the girl cries loudly.

An older man tells his adult son that it would be sad to see a dolphin euthanized, since the man had experienced the pain of losing his wife.

A man tells his daughter and a boy that a dolphin's tail had to be removed because the infection had progressed too far.

A girl tearfully tells a boy that a dolphin's tail had to be amputated.

A man explains to several women, a boy and his young daughter that a dolphin may become paralyzed if it continues to use its tail in a particular fashion.

A boy warns his mother that an otter could bite off her finger.