NOAA is offering $20K for information regarding those responsible for the deaths of two dolphins found off the coast of Florida.
In May 2019, a dolphin with a fatal puncture wound in its head was found off Captiva Island, Florida. There is evidence that at least 29 dolphins — including these three — that have been found stranded in the Southeast United States were harmed by guns, arrows or fishing spears, according to NOAA. Four of these cases occurred within the last year.
Stacey Horstman, NOAA’s bottlenose dolphin conservation coordinator, said these deaths could be due to the illegal feeding of dolphins. “When dolphins are illegally fed, their behaviors change and when that happens, they start associating people and boats and fishing gear with food,” Horstman told NBC News.
Horstman said that when dolphins are illegally fed, they know where to go for food, and they take up a begging position, in which they either have their heads out of the water with their mouths open or look up at the boat while on their sides. The dolphins found last week are believed to have been in a begging position when they were harmed.The Marine Mammal Protection Actremain essential, functioning parts of their ecosystems.
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