Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: Sirinath National Park officers have launched an investigation to prosecute the person or persons responsible for slashing open a spotted dolphin whose body was found on rocks in the Sakhu section of the national park yesterday evening (Mar 17).

Officers arrived at ‘Ao Sai Khu’ bay to find the body of the female dolphin, some 170 centimetres long, with a deep cut across the back of its head, joined by another long gash all the way to its tail, assistant park chief Chaiphat Chuaidaeng told The Phuket News.

“We called officers from the Phuket Marine Biological Center [PMBC] to examine the body and take it back to their office, on Cape Panwa, for further examination,” Mr Chaiphat said. 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/officers-hunt-suspects-for-slashing-open-dolphin-79383.php

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Was this the corpse of a dolphin washed up and then mutilated post mortem or is the slashing thought to be the cause of death?