Dolphin stranded in N.J. creek dies during rescue attempt

The bottlenose dolphin that ended up in a back-bay stream earlier this week died Friday after rescuers tried to quickly release it back into open water, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said in a Facebook post. “Our entire team is deeply saddened about this outcome,” the center wrote in the post announcing the attempted rescue and subsequent death Friday. The center said that local, state and federal agencies initially attempted to steer the dolphin back out to open water from Skeeter Island Creek in Cape May Court House. “A team...