Scientists puzzled by dolphins washing ashore with bullet wounds and mutilated fins
In this Sept. 23, 2012 photo made available by the Audubon Nature Institute shows a bottlenose dolphin with a gunshot wound near the blowhole. The dead dolphin was found near Elmer's Island, Louisiana. Dolphins are washing up on shore with bullets wounds, jaws and tails missing, heartbreaking discoveries for scientists along the Gulf Coast. / AP Photo/Audubon Nature Institute ALONG THE GULF COAST Over the past several months, dolphins have washed ashore along the northern Gulf Coast with bullet wounds, missing jaws and hacked off fins, and federal officials said they are looking into the mysterious deaths. The most recent case was of a dolphin found dead off the coast of Mississippi, its lower jaw missing.
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Erin Fougeres
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| -0.53478 | "It's very sad to think that anyone could do that to any animal," said Erin Fougeres, ... |
| -0.112495 | "It's very sad to think that anyone could do that to any animal," said Erin Fougeres, a marine mammal scientist for NOAA's southeast office in St. Petersburg, Fla. "There have been some obviously intentional cases." |
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| 0 | "You'll see him under your boat," Becker said, about the dolphin. "He'll get it before it can reach the bottom. I usually leave the area if they're doing that." |
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Moby Solangi
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| -0.473196 | "I think it is outrageous," said Moby Solangi, ... |
| -0.112508 | "I think it is outrageous," said Moby Solangi, the executive director of Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Miss. "These animals are very docile, very friendly and they're very curious. They come close to the boats, so if you're out there, you'll see them riding the bows. And their curiosity and friendship brings them so close that they become targets and that's the unfortunate thing." |
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