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UPDATE: Bottlenose Dolphin Euthanized In Sag Harbor

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A bottlenose dolphin was removed from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A bottlenose dolphin was removed from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A bottlenose dolphin was removed from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A bottlenose dolphin was removed from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A bottlenose dolphin was removed from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A bottlenose dolphin was removed from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A bottlenose dolphin was removed from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A bottlenose dolphin was removed from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and members of the Sag Harbor Fire Department removed a bottlenose dolphin from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and members of the Sag Harbor Fire Department removed a bottlenose dolphin from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and members of the Sag Harbor Fire Department removed a bottlenose dolphin from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and members of the Sag Harbor Fire Department removed a bottlenose dolphin from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and members of the Sag Harbor Fire Department removed a bottlenose dolphin from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and members of the Sag Harbor Fire Department removed a bottlenose dolphin from Sag Harbor Cove on Friday afternoon. DANA SHAW

authorBrandon B. Quinn on Mar 21, 2014
Update, Friday, 4:30 p.m. The adult bottlenose dolphin that had been swimming in Sag Harbor Cove over the past few days was euthanized on Friday afternoon, according to Melissa Martin,... more

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