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Bottlenose Dolphin, Gray Seal Stranded on LI Shores Last Week

Pets & Animal, Community, Charity & Cause

By Published: September 24 2020

LongIsland.com

Atlantic Marine Conservation Society reported on two sea mammals they assisted with.

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Photo: Atlantic Marine Conservation Society Facebook page.

The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) recently reported on its Facebook page that their biologists responded to animal strandings across the region, including a Gray seal in Westhampton Beach and a Bottlenose dolphin in Mt. Sinai (they also responded to a Humpback whale in Ventnor, NJ).

 

Unfortunately it has been a busy season for AMCS. In July, they also reported that two whales had been found dead in the waters around Long Island.