Reward offered after leopard seal fatally shot on Northland beach
Enraged research organisation, Sea Shepherd New Zealand, is calling for public help in identifying those responsible for shooting a healthy and protected leopard seal on a Northland beach.
Kaipara man found the young female mammal on Glinks Gully, 24km south of Dargaville, on Friday evening and alerted LeopardSeals.org and the Department of Conservation.
Sea Shepherd New Zealand has offered a $5000 reward to help find those responsible for the death.
Seals are protected under the Wildlife Act and Marine Mammals Act, and those harming them face up to two years' imprisonment and fines of up to $250,000.
Read the full The Northern Advocate story here.
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