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Folly Beach Necropsy
On November 3rd LMMN received a call about a dead dolphin at the north end of folly beach. Lauren Rust and Tracy Kowalczyk reported to...
Tracy Kowalczyk
Dec 4, 20241 min read
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September 2nd- Dolphin with Boat Strike in Folly River.
Over the Memorial day weekend the LMMN team received a phone call of a dead dolphin in the Folly River. When the team arrived to the...
Tracy Kowalczyk
Nov 1, 20242 min read
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May 3rd - Minke Whale Stranding in Cape Romain
On May 3rd, we got a report from Jerry Tupacz (USFW) regarding a dead whale in Cape Romain. Photos provided confirmed it was a freshly...
Nicole Principe
May 3, 20242 min read
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April 4th - Live Dwarf Sperm Whale Stranding on Sullivan's Island
Response Around 5 pm on April 4th, Lauren Rust received a call at approximately regarding a live stranded “dolphin” on Sullivan’s Island....
Nicole Principe
Apr 4, 20242 min read
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March 19th - Pregnant Dolphin Stranded in Hilton Head
On the afternoon of March 19th, just as our team finished up a necropsy on a dolphin recovered in Kiawah, we were notified of another...
Nicole Principe
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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March 19th - Dolphin Stranding on Kiawah
On the morning of March 19th, we were notified of a dead dolphin on the beach on Kiawah Island. Nicole and Colin Perkins-Taylor...
Nicole Principe
Mar 19, 20242 min read
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March 15th - Dolphin Stranding in Bluffton with Apparent Boat Strike Injuries
We received a call on the evening of March 15th about a deceased dolphin stranded near the Palmetto Bluff neighborhood in Bluffton. We...
Nicole Principe
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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March 1st- Dolphin Stranding on Morris Island
Lauren Rust was notified about a dead bottlenose dolphin on Morris Island from eco-tour guide, Chuck Gainey on March 1st. The following...
Nicole Principe
Mar 1, 20241 min read
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February 21st - Sperm Whale Stranding
On February 21st, we were notified by the SCNDR aerial survey team about a deceased whale in nearshore waters of South Carolina (location...
Nicole Principe
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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January 29th - Dolphin calf stranding in
We received a text from Amber Kuehn (LMMN volunteer) on 29 January 2024 about a small, dead bottlenose dolphin near Forest Beach on...
Lauren Rust
Jan 29, 20241 min read
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January 16th - Dolphin stranding in Kiawah
We received a call from Janet Thibault with SCDNR on 16 January 2024 about a deceased dolphin on the beach in front of the Ocean Course...
Nicole Principe
Jan 16, 20241 min read
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December 5th - Dolphin Stranding in Port Royal
On the afternoon of December 5th, while Nicole and Brooke were responding to a dolphin in N Myrtle Beach, we got a call from USCB dolphin...
Nicole Principe
Dec 5, 20232 min read
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November 27th - Dolphin Calf Stranding in Bluffton
A deceased bottlenose dolphin calf was reported to us on November 27th in Bluffton. This dolphin was found floating near a dock. Our HHI...
Nicole Principe
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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November 19th - Dolphin Stranding in the Ashley River
On Sunday, November 19th, we were notified of a deceased dolphin floating in the Ashley River. The boaters who called were kind enough to...
Nicole Principe
Nov 19, 20231 min read
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November 13th - Dolphin Calf Stranding on Folly Beach
We received a call early in the morning on November 13th regarding a dead baby dolphin. Pictures confirmed this was a neonate bottlenose...
Nicole Principe
Nov 13, 20231 min read
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October 23rd - Dolphin Stranding on Folly Beach
On the evening of October 23rd, we were notified about a deceased dolphin on Folly Beach. LMMN stranding tech, Nicole Principe, and NOAA...
Nicole Principe
Oct 23, 20231 min read
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September 29th - Striped Dolphin Stranding on Litchfield Beach
On September 30th, LMMN was notified that a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) had stranded alive the previous night on Litchfield...
Nicole Principe
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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September 4th - Dolphin Stranding in Hilton Head Island
On Labor Day, our team was notified by Amber Kuehn, head of sea turtle patrol on HHI and LMMN volunteer, that there was a dead bottlenose...
Nicole Principe
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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August 20th - Dolphin Stranding on Kiawah Island
We got a call on August 20th regarding a dead dolphin on North East Kiawah Island. Brooke jumped into action and coordinated with...
Nicole Principe
Aug 20, 20231 min read
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August 6th - Dolphin Stranding in Mt. Pleasant
Warning - Graphic Content On the evening of August 6th, we were notified that there was a dead bottlenose dolphin in an oyster bed off...
Nicole Principe
Aug 6, 20231 min read
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