Stingrays dumped at Auckland bay in Hauraki Gulf, tails cut off in 'very cruel' act

Stingrays dumped at Auckland bay in Hauraki Gulf, tails cut off in 'very cruel' act
19 Dec, 2020 04:08 AM
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Marks on the rays indicated they were likely caught in nets. Photo / Shane Kelly
Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
Twenty rays potentially caught by fishers have been dumped at an Auckland bay, some with their tails chopped off, in what a marine scientist has called a "very cruel" act.
The Ministry for Primary Industries is investigating, and say the deaths could also have been caused by orca.
University of Auckland marine scientist Dr Shane Kelly came across the graveyard of stingrays and eagle rays on Saturday morning on a beach just south of Whakakaiwhara Point at Duder Regional Park, east of Auckland city.

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