October 19, 2017
The skinned carcass of a sea otter was found
on a California beach, and investigators are trying to determine how it died
and who took the pelt.
Federal and state wildlife officials said
in a statement Wednesday that the young-adult female Southern sea otter was found on a beach
in San Simeon on Sept. 26. Animals and insects had already scavenged it.
Investigators made the discovery public in their search for information on who
may be responsible.
Federal wildlife forensics specialists are
examining the body.
Southern sea otters, sometimes called
California sea otters, are a threatened species—though not yet an endangered
species—under federal law.
Killing one can mean fines up to $100,000,
and taking its pelt without a permit is illegal, even if it's already dead.
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