‘Butchered’ eagle ray on Adelaide’s Brighton Beach ignites angers beachgoers

A large stingray left filleted on an Adelaide beach has upset beachgoers who want the animals protected.

The southern eagle ray’s tail had been cut off, a knife or spike had been put through its brain, and two fillets were cut from above its wings.

Rick from Hove, who took a photo of the discarded carcass on Brighton Beach, said the ray had a one-metre wingspan.

“Killing them is a pointless exercise in my view and I think they should be a protected species,” he told ABC Radio Adelaide.

“You don’t…