\n The animal was discovered washed up near Hove Lawns on the morning of Sunday, August 30.\n<\/p>\n
\n Shoreham Coastguard Rescue Team said its members were paged following the discovery and attended the seafront.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a post on Facebook, HM Coastguard Shoreham said: \u201cOn Sunday, August 30, our team was paged to a washed up dolphin at Hove Lawns.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cCoastguard are aware, and we have notified the local council to arrange collection and disposal.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A photograph shared by the Coastguard showed the animal lying on the pebbles close to the water\u2019s edge.\n<\/p>\n
\n The coastguard shared this image of the dolphin on Hove beach (Image: HM Coastguard Shoreham)\n<\/p>\n
\n A number of social media users also shared photos of the deceased dolphin lying on the beach, expressing their sympathies.\n<\/p>\n
\n Whales, dolphins and porpoises are collectively known as cetaceans.\n<\/p>\n
\n Animals found around the UK coastline can be reported to the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, which records strandings and may examine some animals to help determine how they died.\n<\/p>\n
\n Government guidance says people who discover a dead whale or dolphin in England or Wales should contact the programme\u2019s hotline on 0800 652 0333.\n<\/p>\n
\n Reporters may be asked to provide the location, date, species if known and a photograph.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Members of the public are advised not to approach or touch a stranded animal because of the possibility of injury or disease.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dogs should also be kept away.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme advises people reporting a dead animal to describe its location, approximate length and condition.\n<\/p>\n
\n Gloves should be worn if any handling is unavoidable, while people with cuts or abrasions should not touch it.\n<\/p>\n
\n Anyone who finds a live dolphin or is unsure whether an animal is alive should immediately contact British Divers Marine Life Rescue or the RSPCA rather than attempting to return it to the sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The animal was discovered washed up near Hove Lawns on the morning of Sunday, August 30. Shoreham Coastguard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-754813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754813","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=754813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}