Eight dolphins die after becoming stranded on Jersey Shore beach

A pod of eight dolphins died after they became stranded on a Jersey Shore beach Tuesday morning, officials said. Two of the marine mammals died when officials arrived at the Sea Isle City beach, according to New Jersey’s Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The six others, whose conditions were “rapidly deteriorating,” were assisted by a veterinarian before a decision was made to euthanize them “to prevent further suffering, as returning them to the ocean would have only prolonged their inevitable death,” the organization said. The bodies of the eight dolphins were...