Post-mortem examinations reveal how Blasket seals were killed

A POSTMORTEM examination on the bodies of three grey seals found on the Blasket Islands off Co Kerry has confirmed they were brutally killed.

Post-mortem examinations reveal how Blasket seals were killed

Post-mortem examinations on three of the mammals established that one had been shot, another had been bludgeoned to death and a third had died after an instrument had been driven through one of its eyes.

Dr Emer Rogan, of the zoology department at University College Cork, said: “We carried out postmortems in conjunction with the regional veterinary laboratory and we will be compiling a report for the gardaí and National Parks and Wildlife Service in relation to our findings.”

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