(KHOU) Volunteers have found a disturbing number of dead animals recently on the east end of Galveston island, according to the Galveston County Daily News. The volunteers monitor island coastal wildlife and say they have found hundreds of dead fish, about 100 dead birds, dead sea turtles and dolphins. One volunteer found more than 100 dead fish while walking between East Beach and 25th Street on Wednesday. Volunteers also reported 50 dead pelicans in one day, said Theresa Morris,
Gulf program coordinator with the Turtle Island Restoration Network. Heather Putman said she found a dead dolphin near her home in San Leon. “We’ve decided not to go to the beach this summer until we know what’s going on and they can confirm it’s safe for us to go in the water,” Putman said. “With the other animals dying in the Galveston Bay, if it’s killing the mammals and the birds – what can it do to us. READ MORE
