Dolphins

Alright, so everyone has their favorite animal. Mine would be dolphins. For some reason, I absolutely love them! I hope to be able to swim with them one day! Anyway, I did my weekly views of the topics on CNN. I saw a headline about dolphins so of course, I chose it.
Since February 2010 until now, there have been approximately 406 dolphins were either stranded or reported dead offshore. This is happening on the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists are still unsure or why. This kind of situation has called the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make these deaths a "unusual mortality event" or a UME. This same agency definition of a UME is a stranding incident that is unexpected or involves a significant loss of any marine mammal population. Blair Mase is one of the agency's investigation coordinators. He was spoke with and said that it was a bit of a complex of events which requires a lot of analysis. Mase also stated that his agency, NOAA, is working with other agency to figure out why the dolphins are washing up. Not only why, but why are the dolphins so young. This is almost heartbreaking for me because I am such an animal lover and to  hear about these young dolphins dying for no apparent reason, it is really sad. Most marine animals are very acceptable to infectious diseases, temperature changes, environmental changes, and human impact. This makes it a little harder for them to think of what could possibly be wrong. Although Mase did report that the Gulf  of Mexico isn't a stranger to unusual mortality events.
Ever since the oil spill, the marine and surrounding areas sensitivity has rose. Along with that one of the marine scientist documented that one of the dead dolphins had oil on it.  Even after the well was capped, scientist have found nine different dolphins with oil on their remains. Mase said even though the dolphins did have oil on them, doesn't necessary mean that that is the cause of death for the mammals.
Similiar to this store is one with turtles floating up or washing up on shores around Lousiana and Alabama. Since January they have had approximately 100 turtles show up.
This is an obvious problem. It makes me sick to see these innocent animals die. I do believe it probably ahs something to do with the oil spill. Regardless, I hope that somehow we can research and get down to the bottom of this before any more animals become killed or injured.