(November 20, 2012 at 3:09 pm)Chuck Wrote: Why? bottle nosed dolphins are not endangered, and one does not get go to prison for killing other unendangered animals, say, tuna.
To be beneath contempt is not a crime. Laws should be uniform, minmal consistent with genuine social need, and devoid of examption catering to mere squeamishness.
Note that I said "intentionally and needlessly". Regardless of what the law has to say on the subject, these dolphins were not killed for food. One can only speculate as to why. "Kicks" comes to mind.
Note that you can can be fined and/or go to jail for wasting recreationally-harvested game and non-game species (as well as land species). The fines for such can be substantial. I fail to see the difference between that, and this, other than that there is no lawful harvest of dolphins.
