Over 1,100 beached dolphins recorded on French Atlantic coast

A dead dolphin lies on a beach off the Atlantic Ocean near Lacanau in southwest France on Friday, March 22, 2019. Over 1,100 beached dolphins have been recorded on the French Atlantic coast, mainly in the Vendee, Charente-Maritime, and Gironde departments, according to the Pelagis Observatory, a marine mammal and seabird research laboratory based in La Rochelle. [Photo: AFP/Nicolas Tucat]