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Dolphin Found Washed Ashore in East Hampton Is Euthanized

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Biologists at the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation make a desperate attempt to save a dolphin that washed ashore in East Hampton. COURTESY OF THE RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION

Biologists at the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation make a desperate attempt to save a dolphin that washed ashore in East Hampton. COURTESY OF THE RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION

A rescue team from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation in Riverhead tried to save a dolphin that was found washed ashore in East Hampton on Saturday. COURTESY OF THE RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION

A rescue team from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation in Riverhead tried to save a dolphin that was found washed ashore in East Hampton on Saturday. COURTESY OF THE RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION

Biologists at the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation make a desperate attempt to save a dolphin that washed ashore in East Hampton COURTESY OF THE RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION

Biologists at the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation make a desperate attempt to save a dolphin that washed ashore in East Hampton COURTESY OF THE RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION

A male common dolphin was found washed ashore and near death on a beach near Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton on Saturday morning. COURTESY OF THE RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION

A male common dolphin was found washed ashore and near death on a beach near Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton on Saturday morning. COURTESY OF THE RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION

Biologists at the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation make a desperate attempt to save a dol

Biologists at the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation make a desperate attempt to save a dol

authorLaura Weir on Feb 22, 2016
A dolphin found near death on a Lily Pond Lane beach in East Hampton on Saturday morning was euthanized on Sunday, said a spokesperson for the Riverhead Foundation for Marine... more

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