Latest dolphin strandings highlight ‘historic highs' this year on Cape Cod

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Latest dolphin strandings highlight ‘historic highs' this year on Cape Cod
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Forty-one dolphins were rescued and 13 died in a recent week on Cape Cod, according to a local animal rescue group, which said the intense workload highlights…

It's not immediately clear why the 54 strandings reported the week of Nov. 9 to 16 took place, according to IFAW, though all the dolphins may have been part of one podForty-one dolphins were rescued and 13 died in a recent week on Cape Cod , according to a local animal rescue group, which said the intense workload highlights an extraordinary year of strandings.

So far this year, the International Fund for Animal Welfare has dealt with 342 strandings of live dolphins, which is more than five times more than the average for a year, 67, the organization said Wednesday. Included in that total is the"Though Cape Cod has always seen more live dolphin strandings than anywhere else in the world, the numbers this year have reached historic highs," the organization said in a statement.

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