\n Needles Coastguard Rescue Team attended Freshwater Bay.\n<\/p>\n
\n The mammal was then removed from the beach, the County Press understands.\n<\/p>\n
\n The emergency team have provided guidance to keep the wildlife and the public safe.\n<\/p>\n
\n Coastguard services recommend the public to:\n<\/p>\n
Stay back. Do not touch or attempt to move the animal, whether it appears alive or dead.<\/p>\n
Call for help immediately by phoning the Receiver of Wreck on 0203 817 2575 (HM Coastguard).<\/p>\n
If the animal is alive and stranded, contact HM Coastguard for advice.<\/p>\n
\n Read more:\n<\/p>\n
\n Exact location, condition of the animal, type or appearance of the animal and photos taken from the distance are useful in reports to the coastguard.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson said: “Stranded marine mammals may be in distress, and handling them incorrectly could cause harm \u2014 both to them and to you.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Deceased animals are important for marine research.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Correct reporting ensures the right authorities handle removal and disposal in line with health and environmental regulations.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Stay safe. Stay back. Help us protect marine life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Needles Coastguard Rescue Team attended Freshwater Bay. The mammal was then removed from the beach, the County Press…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-134489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}