Rescuers try to keep dolphins away from Cape Cod shallows after a mass stranding
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The area is the site of frequent strandings, which experts believe is due in part to its hook-like shape and extreme tidal fluctuations. Ten dolphins died in a mass stranding on Friday.
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Rescuers waded into shallow water to try to herd the dolphins into deeper waters after the largest single mass stranding in more than 25 years in the area.
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 dolphins were stranded off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Friday, in what the International Fund for Animal Welfare described as possibly “the largest single mass stranding event” in the organization’s 25-year history.
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.
A full 125 dolphins were stranded on a muddy Massachusetts beach, in what the International Fund for Animal Welfare called "the largest single mass stranding event" the agency had faced in over 25 years.
After more than 100 dolphins were found stranded off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the numbers had dwindled down to between 10 to 20 dolphins circling in the harbor by Saturday morning following a 12-hour rescue effort by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, a spokesperson said.
The area is the site of frequent strandings, which experts believe is due in part to its hook-like shape and extreme tidal fluctuations. Ten dolphins died in a mass stranding on Friday.
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.
