U.S. East Coast Dolphin Die-Off Triggers Investigation

 GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts, August 8, 2013 (ENS) – So many dead bottlenose dolphins are washing up on the Mid-Atlantic coast from New York to Maryland that federal government scientists have declared an \”unusual mortality event\” and are investigating what is responsible for these deaths.

All ages of bottlenose dolphins are involved and strandings range from a few live animals to mostly dead animals with many very decomposed, say scientists with the Northeast Regional Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service.