4 Dolphins Shot to Death in Calif.

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4 Dolphins Shot to Death in Calif.
By NOAKI SCHWARTZ (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
June 15, 2007 5:01 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES - Four dead dolphins have washed ashore with fatal bullet wounds and fifth with lacerations on its pectoral fin, said authorities who have offered a reward for information on the slayings.

The long-beaked common dolphins were all discovered between Carlsbad State Beach and Oceanside Harbor between May 29 and June 5. Photos showed their normally sleek gray skin mottled and stained with blood from the bullet wounds.

"It's a horrendous thing that happened," said Mark Oswell, spokesman for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. "That someone would go out there and shoot four dolphins."

Necropsies revealed that the dolphins, which were healthy with bellies full of fish, may have been shot at the same time with the same gun. Four had between one and three bullets of the same caliber in the same part of their heads.

Federal officials say that nationwide, they normally get one report of a dolphin shooting a year. The last time San Diego reported such a death was five years ago. Before that there hadn't been one in the area since the 1960s.

"It usually turns out to be a fisherman," said Oswell, adding there have been cases when anglers take out their frustrations on dolphins and other mammals that eat their catch.:eyes:



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[Arugula Latte]

1. Goddammit!

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[Miss Chybil]

2. What a shame. Why are people so mean? nt

[leftchick]

3. MORE GUNS! GUNS ARE FUN!! WHAT ARE GUNS FOR????

KILLING LIVE BEINGS!!!!

STUPID MFers!!!!


:puke:

[onehandle]

4. If four washed up, many more died.

Guns are swell.

[RedCappedBandit]

5. If the dolphins had guns......nt

[jaksavage]

8. If the dophins had all the guns

they would end up on the bottom of the ocean.
safe.

[AmyDeLune]

13. It might look something like this--

and the world would be a much better place.

[LiberalFighter]

6. Blackwater Mercenaries did it!!

[glitch]

7. Asshole. nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. WTF?

:wtf: :grr: Why? Humans are filth! :mad:

[billbuckhead]

10. Humans would have had a far harder time killing these dolphins without guns

but then over a million Americans have been killed by guns since RFK was assassinated.

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. I am not a gun advocate. I dislike guns immensely and I still think Humans are filth.

That they could even contemplate such cruelty on innocent creatures, makes them, imo, filth. Guns are not the only weapons these cretins have available to kill dolphins. They could just have easily used a spear gun. Humans are the greatest enemy of all, to all animals and the environment and specially to themselves. Filth.

[lonestarnot]

11. Reason I would never pay one of these fuckers to take me out

deep sea fishing. Some on boat last time I went wanted to shoot sea otters. I had tipped a few and they quickly changed the subject when I got off my soap box.