Three short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and a spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) were stranded in different coastal towns of the Ilocos region on Wednesday, marking the first cases of marine mammal stranding in the area this year. The two pilot whales that beached on the shorelines of Bacnotan town in La Union province and San Vicente town in nearby Ilocos Sur province were successfully released back to the sea, said Hasmin Chogsayan, veterinarian of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the region.

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