Unfortunately it has been a very bad year for dolphin strandings on Cape Cod. Today the Brewster Police received a call about several dolphins in distress on the Brewster bayside beach. I responded and found six dolphins on the sand flats and three more circling in very shallow water. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has a marine mammal stranding network that responds to all such standings. IFAW was contacted and came to the scene. All nine dolphins were alive and removed from the beach. They were placed in the IFAW transport trucks where they were examined by a veterinarian. The animals were transported to the ocean side of the Cape and all were able to be released. I have posted a link to an article in the Cape Cod Times.
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120201/NEWS11/120209989
If you are interested there are more dolphin pictures today on the Cape Cod Times website. Scroll down to “Latest Time News Photos” (in the middle column)
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I hope all six do well. Thank you so much for sharing this touching story.
Lynda, just when I thought you could not be more impressive, you go and save 9 dolphins. Wow.
I wonder why it’s been so bad for Flippers this year, I assume it’s weather related?
Meanwhile, I went the whole day today saving zero dolphins. I eat dolphin-safe tuna though, does that count?
It’s good that all were able to be released back to sea. Thank you for sharing your workday!
Thanks for the awesome photos, Lynda! You guys need a webcam, so we can all just follow along with you everyday. So glad to hear all the dolphins survived. Great story!
Wonderful story with a very happy ending!