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Porpoise washes up on shore at Panmure Island

Visitors to a beach on Panmure Island spotted a small porpoise washed up on shore Wednesday afternoon.

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The Atlantic Veterinary College will conduct a necropsy on a porpoise that washed up on shore in Panmure Island. (Al MacCormick/CBC)

Visitors to a beach in Panmure Island spotted a small porpoise washed up on shore Wednesday afternoon.

CarlosBaezaand his family foundthe porpoiseand said itwas dead when they arrived.

Baezasaidthe tide was out quite far, and the porpoisewas beached several metres from the shoreline.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) saidit removed the porpoise from the beach, and will be transporting it to the Atlantic Veterinary College.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it removed the porpoise from the beach by late afternoon. (Brittany Spencer/CBC)

Officials at the collegesaidwildlife pathologists will conduct a necropsy to find out what killed the animal.

DFOadvisesthat if anyone seesan injured, entangled or stranded marine mammal, to contact the Marine Animal Response Society (MARS) at1-866-567-6277.

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With files from Brittany Spencer