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Friday, 18 December 2009 17:55 |
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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service's Office of Law Enforcement is investigating the recent death of an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on Molokai as a deliberate killing.
An adult male monk seal was discovered dead on Monday, southeast of Kaunakakai, said David Schofield, with NOAA's Pacific Island Regional Office's marine mammal response program.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has jurisdiction for enforcing the Endangered Species Act for ocean mammals, is not releasing details about how the seal was killed, to aid with its investigation, Schofield said.
Anyone with information about the seal's death is encouraged to call NOAA's 24-hour enforcement hot line at 800-853-1964..... Read Full Story
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