LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Experts were working Tuesday to determine the cause of an increase in dolphin strandings along the Southern California coast. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center said it has responded to six beached dolphins this month and received reports of two others. The center said people who see a stranded marine mammal should call in experts and should not touch it or try to help it back into the ocean. One washed up dead at Huntington Beach and two more were rescued alive at Laguna Beach but had to be euthanized after examination. A dead bottlenose dolphin washed ashore at Corona del Mar on Feb. 10, followed five days later by a common dolphin.

Source: Huffington Post February 26, 2019 23:48 UTC