\n The animal was discovered washed up on the beach near Hove Lawns on Sunday morning.\n<\/p>\n
\n Shoreham Coastguard responded to the discovery and shared a photograph of the dolphin alongside a warning.\n<\/p>\n
\n The dolphin’s body is still on the beach.\n<\/p>\n
\n The area was cordoned off and people have been advised to keep their distance, especially if they have dogs.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: HM Coastguard Shoreham)\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesman from Brighton and Hove City Council said: “Seafront officers discovered a dead dolphin on the beach during their morning patrol.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The area was made safe and cordoned off with hazard tape while officers contacted the specialist contractor responsible for removing deceased animals from our beaches.\n<\/p>\n
\n “For the safety of both the public and pets, we kindly ask that dogs are kept well away from the dolphin and that the animal is not approached or touched.\n<\/p>\n
\n “At this stage, the cause of death is unknown. While unfortunate, it is not uncommon for deceased marine animals to wash ashore from time to time.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Thank you for your cooperation.”\n<\/p>\n
\n 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 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 Members of the public and their pets are advised not to touch or approach a stranded animal due to risk of injury or disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The animal was discovered washed up on the beach near Hove Lawns on Sunday morning. Shoreham Coastguard responded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-757120","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\/757120","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=757120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}