Eight dolphins died after they were stranded on a New Jersey beach on Tuesday, an animal rescue and rehabilitation center said. The pod of dolphins washed ashore near 50th and 52nd Street Beaches in Sea Isle City, located about 20 miles south of Atlantic City on the New Jersey coast, on Tuesday morning, officials said.

A pod of eight dolphins died after they became stranded on a Jersey Shore beach Tuesday morning, officials said. Two of the marine mammals died when officials arrived at the Sea Isle City beach, according to New Jersey’s Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (CBS) -- All eight dolphins that washed ashore Tuesday in Sea Isle City have died, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The eight dolphins washed up on the beach near 52nd Street and Pleasant Avenue in the Jersey Shore town around 11 a.m. "It's very sad," Bob Woofe, of Sea Isle City, said.

Eight dolphins died Wednesday after getting stranded along a beach in Cape May County. According to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, a pod of eight dolphins became stranded on the beach on Tuesday. Two dolphins died and the other six were euthanized to prevent further suffering of the animals.