As many as 30 Dolphins washed ashore near Punnaikayal village in Thoothukudi district on Monday evening while four of them found dead. This is the first incident of dolphins washing ashore in such large numbers in the state. Except for the four female dolphins that washed ashore dead, the rest of them pushed back into the sea,” he said. Only after the post-mortem, we will know the cause of the death and washing ashore,” the official told DNA. However, they have washed ashore again leaving all of them dead the following day.

Source: dna November 28, 2017 07:07 UTC