$20,000 Reward Offered After Dolphin Found Shot Dead in Louisiana
NOAA Fisheries received a tip on March 13 from the Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline about a dead dolphin on the beach. The nearby Audubon Aquarium Rescue was dispatched and recovered the young dolphin, bringing it to the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, where an investigation of the dolphin’s remains revealed some disturbing facts.