Pelorus Jack (Dolphin)
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- Work cat.: Saga of Pelorus Jack, 1971:p. 4 (An albino dolphin rejected by other dolphins. He adopted the habit of piloting ships through the dangerous waters of Cook Strait, New Zealand between 1888-1912.)
- New Zealand encyclopedia, 1984:p. 414 (Pelorus Jack; A dolphin who for 24 years regularly accompanied ships traveling between Nelson and Wellington, across Admiral Bay north of French Pass)
- Illustrated encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1989:p. 925 (Pelorus Jack was protected by government on Sept. 26, 1904 by Order-in-Council under the Sea Fisheries Act.)
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Pelorus Jack (; fl. 1888 – April 1912) was a Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) who was famous for accompanying ships as they passed through New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds, on the route between Wellington and Nelson. He would meet Nelson-bound ships at the entrance to Pelorus Sound (hence his name) and would continue with them as far as French Pass, a notoriously dangerous channel lying between D'Urville Island and the South Island. With Wellington-bound ships he would make the same journey in reverse. Sightings of Pelorus Jack were reported over a 24-year period, from 1888 until his disappearance in 1912. His popularity was such that the New Zealand Government issued an Order in Council providing for his protection in 1904, prompted by an incident in which someone shot at him from a passing ship.
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