Suspect snatches federally-protected elephant seal from reserve & fatally shoots it in head
Animal Abuse
A former California resident admitted in court Monday to fatally shooting a northern elephant seal last year, violating federal law. The U.S. District’s Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a statement obtained by NBC News that Jordan Gerbich, 30, pleaded guilty to taking a marine mammal for shooting the seal on a …