A Florida fisherman has been sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a $51,000 fine for three counts of poisoning and shooting dolphins because they were stealing from the lines of his charter fishing clients. Despite knowing the marine mammals are protected, he shot and killed one anyway, in front of children. Zackery Barfield fed an estimated 24–70 dolphins poison-laden baitfish on charter trips that he captained – cruel and unnecessary deaths.
