Dolphin washes up on beach with multiple bullets lodged in body [Video]

CAMERON PARISH, La. — Wildlife officials are working to find out how a dolphin washed up from the Gulf of Mexico with multiple bullets lodged in its brain, spinal cord and heart.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it received a report on March 13 about a dead bottlenose dolphin on West Mae’s Beach in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

The Audubon Nature Institute completed a necropsy which revealed that the juvenile dolphin had injuries consistent with being shot with a firearm.

“The animal appeared to have died from the trauma, which occurred at or near the time of death,” NOAA wrote in a release.

NOAA’s law enforcement division is continuing to investigate and is asking anyone with information about the dolphin’s death to come forward.

A reward of up to $20,000 is being …