Cape Cod’s unique hook-shaped coastline may have something to do with the strandings, the organization said. The peninsula “sees more incidents of live-stranded dolphins than anywhere else in the world, and 2024 continues to be a historic high.”

A series of dolphin strandings happened over the weekend on Cape Cod, leading rescue teams from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to quickly mobilize.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare says it rescued 10 dolphins that were stranded across five towns on Cape Cod on Saturday. The team first got reports at 6:30 a.m. Saturday and responded to eight strandings between Dennis and Wellfleet before noon.

A pair of dolphins died in a series of strandings in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, this weekend, while a dozen other dolphins were saved on Cape Cod, wildlife rescuers said Monday.

Animal rescue teams say 2024 has seen a record-high number of dolphin strandings. Ten were saved this weekend, but six did not survive.