A juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death on a Louisiana beach last month. An animal autopsy found multiple bullets in the animal’s body, including the brain, spinal cord, and heart, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. NOAA said a member of the public reported the animal stranded to the Southeast Marine Mammal …
A sick dolphin stranded herself on a Texas beach last week and died when beachgoers pushed her back into the water and tried to ride her. According to a dolphin rescue group, rescuers were unable to reach the scene on Quintana Beach in time. Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network said that dolphins and other marine …
Florida officials have offered $20,000 for information after a third dolphin was reportedly found dead onshore last week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) discovered a dead dolphin off the coast of Naples last week. They claimed a bullet or sharp object …
Authorities in California are hopeful a $10,000 reward will help them locate the suspect behind a shooting that left a dolphin dead on the shore of a Los Angeles beach earlier this month. According to USA Today, the animal washed ashore on Nov. 8 and sparked a probe into its cause of death. Marine Animal …
