A dead sea turtle was discovered in a Florida national park this week with a spear shaft through its head.
The Biscayne National Park Marine Patrol found the"poached" animal on Tuesday and are now searching for the person responsibleAll species of sea turtles are threatened or endangered. They are protected under the United States Endangered Species Act of 1973 and Florida's Marine Turtle Protection Act.
In a Facebook post Tuesday, the park called on the public for any information they may have about the turtle.Read MoreThis is not the only sea turtle incident in Florida this month. On June 15, a woman was arrested in Miami Beach for stomping on a sea turtle nest.Witnesses and Miami Beach police officers saw Yaqun Lu"jabbing at the sea turtle nest" with a wooden stake"stomping all over the nest with her bare feet," according to the arrest affidavit.
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