Spain Refers Shooting of Orca Toñi in Portuguese Waters to Prosecutors
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An Orca female shot in the Atlantic Ocean, Spain's Ministry of the Environment has launched an investigation. Read the details in this article:
The search points to a Spanish-flagged vessel that allegedly fired shots at the specimen in Portuguese waters. The Government investigates the appearance of an Iberian orca with possible badge marks.
It is the longest-lived cetacean of the population of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Cadiz, which was spotted in August with pellets on its dorsal fin
Office of the Public Prosecutor for the Environment receives data from Miteco about the shooting of the Orca Toñi; a Spanish ship is investigated in Portuguese waters and collaborates with Guardia Civil to identify the perpetrators
The 60-year-old Orca Toñi, known as 'La Abuela' of the group of Iberian orcas that roam the peninsula, had been fired a few days earlier. After initiating an investigation, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition believes that it was shot from a Spanish-flagged ship in waters of Portuguese jurisdiction. It has now requested assistance from the Central Operating Unit of the Civil Guard for the identification, and, in its case, the taking of a …
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