Over 80 Atlantic white-sided dolphins are stranded in low water in an area off Cape Cod on Friday, officials say.
says it is assisting with the dolphin stranding at Great Island at the Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. They said it is a difficult location with dangerous mud.
"Low tide was at 11:23am. The plan, given the number, is to triage and aim to support animals, refloat, and herd as many as possible," the agency said in an email."Luckily, it is cooler today, but these animals will risk sunburn and overheating until the tide rises, and then we have the challenge of herding them into deeper water."
, many of the dolphins were completely out of the water, while others were seen in shallow water nearby. As man a 20 of them are believed to have died already, but there is hope that others can still be saved.Sign up for NECN newsletters. "If we can get them back in the water and get them out of this area, they have a good chance," Misty Niemeyer, stranding coordinator for IFAW's Marine Mammal Rescue Team, told the newspaper."But this is a very big stranding event, so we're going to do our best."More Massachusetts stories
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