article_snippet.sent: Rescuers managed to save three dolphins, but the remaining of the beached pod are 'dead or dying' A volunteer pours water on a dolphin to stop a dolphin skin drying out.
article_snippet.sent: Others were being carried back to the ocean .
article_snippet.sent: Many people volunteered to rescue Many people but the 149 melon-headed dolphins that had beached became very, very weak.' 'Only three of Many people have been successfully returned to the sea, as far as we can confirm,' a Hokota city official added.
article_snippet.sent: Volunteers from local communities had joined forces with coastguards to try and save the 149 melon-headed dolphins that had beached, pouring water on Volunteers from local communities to stop Volunteers from local communities skins drying out.
article_snippet.sent: Volunteers from local communities also used slings to carry some back into water on them, after Volunteers from local communities were seen early on Friday morning on the beach writhing in pain.
article_snippet.sent: Volunteers and residents living nearby used slings to carry the dolphins - but some were carried back to shore .
article_snippet.sent: Coastguards covered the dolphins in blankets and put the dolphins in blankets on a boat so the dolphins in blankets could be put back in the sea .
article_snippet.sent: Dozens of volunteers and local residents turned out to help coastguards with the dolphin rescue operation .