Cape Cod’s unique hook-shaped coastline may have something to do with the strandings, the organization said. The peninsula “sees more incidents of live-stranded dolphins than anywhere else in the world, and 2024 continues to be a historic high.”

A pair of dolphins died in a series of strandings in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, this weekend, while a dozen other dolphins were saved on Cape Cod, wildlife rescuers said Monday.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare says it rescued 10 dolphins that were stranded across five towns on Cape Cod on Saturday. The team first got reports at 6:30 a.m. Saturday and responded to eight strandings between Dennis and Wellfleet before noon.

Animal rescue teams say 2024 has seen a record-high number of dolphin strandings. Ten were saved this weekend, but six did not survive.

A series of dolphin strandings happened over the weekend on Cape Cod, leading rescue teams from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to quickly mobilize. According to IFAW, the strandings on Saturday happened across five towns,

The IFAW said its stranding hotline started getting calls Saturday morning reporting multiple dolphins found stranded on beaches in Brewster, Dennis, Eastham, Wellfleet, and Orleans.

Animal welfare workers rescued 10 dolphins across five Cape Cod towns after the animals were stranded Saturday. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said they got the first call for a stranded dolphin on Ellis Landing Beach in Brewster around 6:30 a.