panaji over 140 lifeguards and 50 forest guards were provided hands on training based on globally accepted protocols to handle stranded marine animals carcasses of whales dolphins and porpoises on goas coastdrishti lifeguards by virtue of their constant presence on all beaches in the state are the first line responders to any such occurrence and acting in tandem with goa forest department action to rescue the marine animals could be undertakengoa forest department in association with international union for conservation of nature iucn terra conscious and supported by the drishti lifeguard association had organised a series of half day workshops on june 28 and june 29 2017 on marine mammal stranding response in goa with the main objective of rescue and handling of carcassthe training sessions are likely to bring about an improvement in handling the live stranded animals and disposal of any carcasses that wash ashore correctly the information collected by the forest department and lifeguards will provide a baseline for a scientific assessment into the threats being faced by them