The Marine officials found 70 dolphins dead in the in the Gulf of Mexico on Texas beaches.
An official of the marine mammal stranding coordinator for the national marine fisheries service said, “We are concerned, especially because (of) what happened last year. There may be more”.

Researchers weren’t able to determine a cause for last year’s significant die-off because the animals’ carcasses were too decomposed when they were discovered. The bottlenosed dolphins found on Monday & Tuesday on the Bolivar peninsula near Galveston, Texas were also badly decomposed, but officials are hopeful they may still be able to determine a cause.

The official said, “We’re going to take a more proactive role (this time) in trying to do aerial searches for fresher carcasses so we can get better information on the cause”.