NOAA Offers $20,000 Reward for Information After Dolphin Shot to Death

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Services is offering a $20,000 reward for information after a juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death on a beach in Louisiana last month. The dolphin had multiple bullets lodged in its brain, spinal cord, and heart, and a necropsy confirmed that it died from trauma. The NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is investigating the dolphin’s death and is asking for the public’s help in finding the person or persons responsible. Anyone with information should call the NOAA Enforcement Hotline at 800-853-1964.

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