GARDAÍ ARE CONTINUING to investigate after the discovery of the heads of two young seals were found nailed to the entrance of a seal sanctuary in Dingle last week.
The incident has resulted in two organisations – ARAN and Sea Shephard – offering a total of €7,000 in rewards for any information about who may have carried out the act, while it’s also garnered worldwide media attention.
Staff at the Dingle Wildlife and Seal Sanctuary in Co. Kerry made the gruesome discovery last Thursday morning when they arrived at the gates of the sanctuary and and found the heads of two seals nailed to plywood and screwed onto the wooden entrance.
Written on the signs were the messages “RIP CULL” and “RIP I AM HUNGRY”, written in red paint.
Gardaí in Dingle told TheJournal.ie that the investigation is ongoing, but they were unable to confirm if they had been made aware of names of individuals possible involved, but a post on the sanctuary’s Facebook page said:
I would like to point out that whoever is responsible (and names have been given) are a minority, and that we sincerely hope that because of their actions Dingle doesn’t suffer in lower tourism or in a fish product boycott.
The sanctuary is appealing for donations via its website and has said that it will be upgrading the security system at the facility and installing infrared cameras.
Ally McMillan from the sanctuary told TheJournal.ie last week that there are two seals currently resident there who are due to be released back into the wild within the next two weeks.
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