SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Wildlife authorities in Central California hope $10,000 will be enough to expose whoever's responsible for shooting to death three federally protected sea otters this summer, officials said Tuesday.
The male southern sea otters, two sub-adults and one adult, were found slain earlier this month in Santa Cruz County, between Santa Cruz Harbor and Seacliff State Beach in Aptos, officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement said in a news release Tuesday.