More than a dozen dolphins have died in a mass stranding event at Cape Cod, with heartbreaking images showing the mammals struggling in shallow water and beached side by side on sand banks.

Most of the stranded dolphins have been common dolphins, Atlantic white-sided dolphins, Risso's dolphins and bottlenose dolphins, Sharp said. Of the 342 stranded dolphins, 293 were able to be released ...

The decision to crack down on the number of hunted dolphins comes after public outcry from last year's hunt, where over 1,423 white-sided dolphins were killed, a spree that shocked even residents ...