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Animal rescuers save 10 dolphins stranded along shoreline

Animal rescuers save 10 dolphins stranded along shoreline
WEBVTT RANDINGSSERA: THE RUSH TO RESCUEDOLPHINS FOUND STRANDED ALONGTHE COAST. SUNDAY AFTERNOON ATOTAL OF TWELVE WERE TRAPPED INTHE LOW TIDE IN BARNSTABLE ANDDUXBURY.>> WHEN THE STRAND, THEY REACTLIKE PEOPLE.IT IS A PHYSICALLY TRAUMATICEVENT.THEY ARE DISTRESSED.DISORIENTED.SERA: RESCUERS WORKED IN THEDARK LAST NIGHT TO HELP THEDOLPHINS RETURN TO THE OCEAN.TWO DIED>> MOST OF THESE DOLPHINS AREOPEN WATER OCEAN, BUT FOOD ISSCARCE, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOKFOR FOOD IN RISKER PLACES TO GO -- TO GO.SERA: TEN OF THE DOLPHINS WERENAVIGATING WATERS OFF DUXBURY.EXPERTS SAY IT IS HIGHLY UNUSUALFOR THEM TO SHOW UP ON THE SOUTHSHORE.I HAVE BEEN AT THE AQUARIUMFOR 10 YEARS.I CAN'T RECALL A STRANDING THATBIG.SERA: IT'S TYPICAL FOR DOLPHINSTO STRAND THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUTTHERE'S A HIGHER NUMBER THANUSUA
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Animal rescuers save 10 dolphins stranded along shoreline
Animal rescuers have saved 10 of 12 dolphins that were stranded along the Massachusetts shoreline.The Boston Globe reports the stranding in Duxbury was reported around 5 p.m. Sunday. Six dolphins were able to get back into the water as the tide rose. Rescuers managed to help two others return to deeper water, but two died. A spokesman for the New England Aquarium says rescuers didn't have time to examine the animals because of the urgency required to get them back into the water. International Fund for Animal Welfare officials say a team collected and released another two dolphins found stranded in Barnstable around 4:30 p.m. The dolphins were healthy. Officials say the IFAW has rescued a total of 152 stranded animals this year.

Animal rescuers have saved 10 of 12 dolphins that were stranded along the Massachusetts shoreline.

The Boston Globe reports the stranding in Duxbury was reported around 5 p.m. Sunday. Six dolphins were able to get back into the water as the tide rose. Rescuers managed to help two others return to deeper water, but two died.

A spokesman for the New England Aquarium says rescuers didn't have time to examine the animals because of the urgency required to get them back into the water.

International Fund for Animal Welfare officials say a team collected and released another two dolphins found stranded in Barnstable around 4:30 p.m. The dolphins were healthy.

Officials say the IFAW has rescued a total of 152 stranded animals this year.

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