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Amber WANG

Taiwan Volunteers Fight Rise In Whale And Dolphin Strandings

Taiwan Cetacean Society official Wu En-Hua (left) uses an inflatable whale to demonstrate to a volunteer how best to handle a stranded animal during a training session in New Taipei City (Credit: AFP)

Taiwanese volunteers gathered around a large inflatable whale as they learned how to help beached sea mammals -- an increasingly common sight across the island.

More than 100 dolphins and whales now wash up on Taiwan's beaches every year, a sharp rise over the past decade, according to researchers.

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