re: Dolphin found shot to death on beach in Louisiana

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Why is this anymore gruesome than shooting say, an armadillo? I get it, it isn't a game animal, they are mammals, and humans have an irrational attachment to some animals over others.

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Intelligence. They're very smart mammals, similar to a chimp. I don't want to kill shoot chimps either. In fact, I think science believes dolphins are the second smartest animal on Earth to humans. That is a level of evolution I feel should be protected more than say, an armadillo's.