‘They’re stuck’: Cape Cod seeing more whale, turtle and dolphin strandings

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✍️ Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is experiencing a surge in animal strandings, with dolphins, whales, sea lions, and turtles washing up on beaches due to changing tides.
👉 Over 140 dolphins were stranded off Cape Cod in June, the largest mass stranding in US history.
👉 The rescue success rate for stranded live dolphins is around 70-80%.
👉 The International Fund for Animal Welfare is leading the rescue efforts.
👉 Turtles are also being stranded due to changing tides and warming waters.
👉 The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than 99% of the world's oceans.

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Changing tides have led to an increase of beached marine life, whom rescuers scramble to save before they dieWhile Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is known as a popular vacation destination in the north-east US, it has built a reputation for an entirely different reason this year: animal strandings.Dolphins, whales, sea lions and turtles are turning up in large numbers on the beaches of the famous peninsula in a phenomenon that has experts scrambling to execute more rescue operations than ever before. The cause? Changing tides. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/28/cape-cod-whale-turtle-dolphin-strandings