Reward Offered In Fatal Shooting Of Monterey Bay Otters

[Kadie]

Reward Offered In Fatal Shooting Of Monterey Bay Otters

POSTED: 12:19 pm PDT June 27, 2005

MONTEREY -- A national environmental group Monday announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers of two endangered sea otters shot in Monterey Bay during the past two months.

The two otters were found on May 7 and June 12, one near Pajaro Dunes, the other near Del Monte beach. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Ed Newcomer cautions that they could have been shot miles away.

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These are not the first otters to be killed in the area, according to Newcomer.

"Sea otter shootings have been an ongoing problem in the Monterey Bay area over the last two years or so," Newcomer said.

The endangered sea otters are protected both by federal and state law. California's sea otter population is currently estimated at 2,800, according to wildlife officials.

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[Lost4words]

1. Look for an adolescent male republican with a gun.

doing God's work no doubt!

[China_cat]

2. No, look for a conch fisherman

who blames the otters for the disappearance of the conch.

[Lost4words]

3. If I were from your region I might have known that.

I think you may be on to something.

Here's my solution. what if the gun toating conch fisherman kill other conch fisherman then there would be more conch for the remaining conch fisherman. And fishing boats would be readly available and cheap as well. It would be a classic win win situation. See, you just gotta think out of the box. Not so hard to do.

Or we could arm the otters.......................

[Gormy Cuss]

4. I vote for arming the otters.

Just spent last week in the Monterey bay area. It's not like it's crawling with otters. There are far more seals and sea lions and fish-eating birds like pelicans and cormorants. Otters do favor abalone and crab. I could see a frustrated abalone diver shooting an otter near the diver's favorite abalone grounds. Abalone prices are pretty high these days.