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‘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.
Key points:
- Southern Eagle Rays are not a protected species in South Australia
- Most fishers release rays after they are caught but sometimes they are killed for meat
- Fishers planning to keep a ray often cut off its tail first to avoid being stung
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…
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