Eight dolphins die in New Jersey stranding

Crews of first responders attend to beached dolphins in Sea Isle, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Photograph: AP

Eight dolphins have died after being stranded on a beach in New Jersey, a rehabilitation center said.

According to the New Jersey-based Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC), the pod of eight dolphins were caught in a “mass stranding event” in the state’s southernmost city, Sea Isle City, on Tuesday morning.