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Sun Jun 30, 2024, 04:58 AM Jun 2024

Rescuers try to keep dolphins away from Cape Cod shallows after a mass stranding

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/nx-s1-5023742/dolphins-mass-stranding-cape-cod-shallows-rescuers

Rescuers try to keep dolphins away from Cape Cod shallows after a mass stranding

JUNE 30, 2024 12:11 AM ET
By The Associated Press



A trained volunteer attempts to herd stranded dolphins into deeper waters on Friday in Wellfleet, Mass. As many as 125 Atlantic white-sided dolphins became stranded Friday on Cape Cod and at least 10 died, prompting an intensive rescue effort, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Stacey Hedman/International Fund for Animal Welfare/AP


WELLFLEET, Mass. — Animal rescuers were trying to keep dozens of dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod on Saturday after 125 of the creatures stranded themselves a day earlier.

Teams in Massachusetts found one group of 10 Atlantic white-sided dolphins swimming in a dangerously shallow area at dawn on Saturday, and managed to herd them out into deeper water, said the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

Scouts also found a second group of 25 dolphins swimming close to the shore near Eastham, the organization said, with herding efforts there ongoing as the tide dropped throughout the morning.

Ten dolphins died during the stranding Friday at The Gut — or Great Island — in Wellfleet, at the Herring River.

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