Over 30 dolphins washed ashore near Tokyo
Thirty-two dolphins have been found washed up on a beach on
the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.
Early on Monday, police received reports of the stranded
dolphins from surfers and others in Ichinomiya Town and neighboring Isumi City.
Ichinomiya officials say that the dolphins were spread along
a 500-meter stretch of the two municipalities' coastlines.
Surfers tried to return the marine mammals to the sea, but
three of them were confirmed dead. One surfer said the dolphins were very
heavy, and that three or four people worked together to push each of them.
A local resident in her 40s said she
was surprised to see such a situation, and that she hoped the dolphins would be
able to get back into the sea as soon as possible.
Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230403_38/