400 Dead Dolphins Found in Tanzania

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-af/2006/apr/28/042801404.html

At least 400 dead dolphins were found on Zanzibar's northern coastline early Friday, alarming villagers, fishermen and tour operators, residents said.

It was not immediately clear what killed the dolphins, whose carcasses were found along a 2 1/2-mile stretch of Nungwi, a popular tourist destination in this semiautonomous Indian Ocean archipelago, said Narriman Jidawi, a marine biologist at the Institute of Marine Science in Zanzibar.

Villagers, fishermen and hotel residents found the carcasses and alerted officials, residents said.

Mussa Aboud Jumbe, Zanzibar's director of fisheries, immediately went on the state radio to warn the public against consuming meat from the dead dolphins, adding that authorities were trying to determine the cause of their death.

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1. Oh my.

that must have been a horrifying sight. So sad.