Second Back Bay dolphin found dead The...

Second Back Bay dolphin found dead

The last of two surviving dolphins that had spent more than three

months feeding far inside the Back Bay has died.

Two dolphins had stayed in the area near the Pacific Coast Highway

bridge, near Pearson’s Port, since late July or early August. They

appeared to be an adult female and a younger dolphin, marine mammal

expert Dennis Kelly said.

The adult was found dead in late September but was too badly

decomposed to determine a cause of death, he said.

The younger dolphin washed onto a beach on Lido Island this week,

Kelly said. It appeared to be a 3- to 4-year-old male dolphin, he

said.

The second dolphin died recently and a necropsy will be performed

next week to determine the cause of death.