http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/01/close-dolphins-have-been-stranded-cape-cod-beaches-last-five-days/7KDuhXKmqEeaj4jldmg3AP/index.html
WELLFLEET -- Up to fifty dolphins have been stranded on Cape Cod beaches since last Thursday, one of the largest strandings in recent years.
Ive been doing this for 15 years and this is only the second season Ive seen it like this, said Katie Moore, manager of the International Fund for Animal Welfares Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Program, a Yarmouth Port group that oversees the rescues.
Today, six Common Dolphins found stranded in Wellfleet were successfully released off Herring Cove. One was pregnant, according to a sonogram taken by rescue group. Members of the animal welfare fund watched them swim away amid cheering and clapping from about 30 onlookers...
Dolphin strandings on the Cape are common from January through March but its rare to see mass strandings, where two or more dolphins are stuck on shore, several days in a row...
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