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A dead dolphin was found with multiple gunshot wounds on a beach in Louisiana, with investigators now offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information.
The young bottlenose dolphin was discovered on West Mae’s Beach in Cameron Parish on 13 March, with a local calling the Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries department said on Tuesday that the mammal was sent for a necropsy, or animal autopsy, at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans.
Multiple bullets were found “lodged in the carcass”, the NOAA said, including in the brain, spinal cord and heart.
“The animal appeared to have died from the trauma, which occurred at or near the time of death,” the NOAA’s statement read.…..
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A dead dolphin was found with multiple gunshot wounds on a beach in Louisiana, with investigators now offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information.
The young bottlenose dolphin was discovered on West Mae’s Beach in Cameron Parish on 13 March, with a local calling the Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries department said on Tuesday that the mammal was sent for a necropsy, or animal autopsy, at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans.
Multiple bullets were found “lodged in the carcass”, the NOAA said, including in the brain, spinal cord and heart.
“The animal appeared to have died from the trauma, which occurred at or near the time of death,” the NOAA’s statement read.…..
Dolphin found shot to death on Louisiana beach, $20,000 reward offered
Investigators found bullets in the juvenile animal’s brain, heart and spinal cord
www.independent.co.uk