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1100 mutilated dolphins found washed up on beaches in France
A record number of dolphins’ bodies have been found horribly mutilated on the French Atlantic coast.
- 9news
- AP
What has shocked French marine researchers wasn’t just the brutality of the deaths of these highly intelligent mammals, but the numbers involved – a record 1,100 have landed on France’s beaches since January.
The mass deaths, widely blamed on industrial fishing, have alarmed animal welfare groups and prompted France’s ecology minister to launch a national plan to protect them.
“There’s never been a number this high,” Willy Daubin, a member of La Rochelle University’s National Centre for Scientific Research said.
“Already in three…