Marine rescuers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said this is the largest bottlenose dolphin mass stranding seen in the Northeast. When rescuers arrived, three of the dolphins were dead, but efforts to save the remaining 11 continued in to Tuesday morning.

Eleven dolphins were saved by rescuers after being stranded on Cape Cod. It was the largest bottlenose dolphin stranding in the northeast.

An “unprecedented” number of bottlenose dolphins were rescued Tuesday morning after becoming stranded. According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), a total of 14 dolphins were stranded Monday afternoon at Linnell Landing,

The bottlenose mass stranding is one of many dolphin strandings this past summer ... IFAW biologist and animal responder Kira Kasper in the group’s statement. Cape Cod’s “shallow waters, complex tidal movements, and sandbars” create the perfect ...

This summer on Cape Cod has been a record breaking one for the International Fund for Animal Welfare which oversees the rescue of stranded dolphins, including 11 bottlenose dolphins first discovered in muddy flats in Brewster Monday,

"This mass stranding comes toward the end of an unprecedented summer for our team due to the sheer number of dolphin strandings," Kasper said. Marine animal strandings are common on Cape Cod due to its unique features, with dolphins often becoming ...

The latest mass stranding of dolphins added up to an "unprecedented" number more than double the annual average, the International Fund for Animal Welfare said.