Common dolphins were found washed up on beaches Monday night and late Tuesday morning on Martha’s Vineyard.
According to Ainsley Smith, regional marine mammal stranding coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, two of the dolphins were found Monday night stranded near Norton Point. Members of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the Trustees of Reservations refloated the animals and they swam off, but at least one may not have survived.
“We don’t have anyone on the Island who can do an exam to see why they died, but typically when a dolphin strands, it is already ill or in compromised health,” Smith said.
On Tuesday morning, a deceased dolphin found on Inkwell Beach was reported to Smith by Oak Bluffs Animal Control. The dolphin’s carcass was disposed of by the Oak Bluffs highway department. Smith said the dolphin may have been one of the two that was refloated on Norton Point the night before, but she cannot be certain without further identification.
NOAA Fisheries recommends staying 150 feet away from any stranded, sick, injured, entangled, or dead marine animals and turtles, and to call the professionals. If you see a marine animal in need of help, call the Northeast Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding and Entanglement Hotline at 866-755-6622 or the Marine Mammal Rescue Hotline at 508-743-9548.
Yesterday I was elated to hear about the dolphins spotted in Edgartown waters off Katama and wished I could see them. Now I am terribly sad. What a difference a day makes. 😪
Please put those phone numbers into your phones! I did awhile back, and it paid off several times.
They are North Atlantic White Sided Dolphins pictured in the article. These are the Same Dolphins that Faroe Islanders located between Norway and Iceland barbarically slaughter. A super pod of 1428 Dolphins were savagely killed on 9/12/2021 on the Faroes. 667 Pilot Whales have met the same vile fate already just this year alone. USA imports Faroe Islands Salmon. Go to @ “stopthegrind.org” to sign the Petition to end these Barbaric Slaughters. Together we can stop these atrocities forever. !
Curtis– thank you for the link..
it is informative and has factual information that is verifiable.
I have forwarded this link to someone that I (we) know who thinks that a dolphin’s life is worth much less than a few parasitic cells in a woman’s body.
We have a long way to go before this kind of murder is deemed socially and MORALLY unacceptable.
Thanks for putting this out there.
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