4 more dolphins rescued on Cape Cod

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Volunteers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare prepare to release four live dolphins from Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, Mass., on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The four dolphins were rescued earlier in the day in Wellfleet.

By: The Associated Press | NBC 10
Published: February 06, 2012

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WELLFLEET, Mass. --

Animal welfare officials rescued four more dolphins that stranded on Cape Cod over the weekend.

A spokeswoman for the International Fund for Animal Welfare said the dolphins became trapped Sunday in the Herring River in Wellfleet, but were successfully moved to the deeper, open waters off the shores of Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown by about 8:30 p.m.

That came after two dolphins were rescued on Saturday.

The organization said 129 dolphins have stranded since Jan. 12. Of those, 92 have died and 37 have been successfully released.

Scientists are trying to figure out why so many dolphins are beaching on the Cape.