There 's a $5,000 reward for anyone with info leading to the conviction for
the person who shot dolphin to death



This Feb. 24, 2016, photo shows a different deceased dolphin being handled by
a wildlife specialist on a beach in Argentina. (Fundacion Mundo Marino via AP)

Want to make $5,000? If you know who shot and killed a dolphin in California,
the money is yours if you have info that leads to a conviction. "There is NO
excuse for such brutality against these beautiful animals," Marine Animal
Rescue of El Segundo writes on its Facebook page, next to an "upsetting"
picture of the dolphin it retrieved Nov. 8 in Manhattan Beach after receiving
a call about it, per NBC News. After the group had the dolphin undergo a
necropsy, it was discovered the marine creature had died of a gunshot wound; a
doctor was able to pull the bullet out of the dolphin, says MAR President
Peter Wallerstein.

"It's just a vicious act of brutality," he adds, noting that he's asked the
National Marine Fisheries Service to open an investigation into the killing.
Wallerstein says in more than 30 years in the field, he's never seen a shot
dolphin. He's also not optimistic the perp will be caught—"we very rarely find
these people"—but the $5,000 reward might help convince someone to offer up
info. "What the reward does is put on notice," he says. (Sea lions and a seal
were shot to death in a "heartbreaking" incident near Seattle.)

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