NEWPORT Experts are unclear if there is a causal link between the two dolphins that washed up on Newport beaches within the past two weeks.
“Dolphins can strand for a number of reasons,” said Sarah Callan, assistant manager of the Mystic Aquarium Animal Response Team in Connecticut. “I can t really say if there s a trend that I ve seen on the recent ones.”
The aquarium’s Animal Response Team, which responds to reports of alive or dead marine animals in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York, removed a baby dolphin off the shore of King Park on New Year s Day and euthanized it after a thorough health inspection revealed it was critically ill.