LONGVIEW — Federal wildlife officials have launched an investigation into the death of a sea lion in Longview after a necropsy revealed it had been shot in the head.
The Daily News of Longview reported that the Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for shooting the sea lion, named Stillie by local animal control.
Stillie was stranded on a Cowlitz River sandbar near Gerhart Gardens Park in April. Stillie was unable to eat, drink or move and had a wounded eye and probable broken jaw.
Hurting a sea lion is punishable by penalties up to $100,000 and one year incarceration.
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