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Jetski rider given light fine for harassing dolphin
By SEAN FEWSTER
www.ntnews.com.au
This guy gave me the
finger, told me to
f*** off and said the
dolphins ‘love it’
the worst he had seen in eight
years of observing dolphins.
‘‘He tried to grab the dorsal
fin of the mother and calf,’’
Mr Beaumont said.
‘‘We see a lot of people out
here but usually, once we tell
them what they’re doing is
wrong, they stop.
‘‘This guy gave me the
finger, told me to f*** off and
said the dolphins ‘love it’.’’
Gallagher, 40, of Flagstaff
Hill, pleaded guilty to interfering or harassing a protected animal. It carries a
maximum penalty of two
years’ jail or a $100,000 fine.
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WHEN jetski rider Joshua
Douglas Gallagher chanced
across a dolphin and her calf
in the waters off Glenelg, his
curiosity and fascination got
the better of him.
He rode around the mammals at 20 knots, idled his
craft while close to them and
circled when they dove beneath him.
Not even the shouts of a
boatload of dolphin watchers,
including a marine biologist,
could convince Gallagher of
the risks his antics posed to
the animals.
This week, Gallagher stood
silently in the dock of the
Adelaide Magistrates Court
as he was convicted and fined
$2000 for his actions.
The penalty — just 2 per
cent of the $100,000 maximum
for the offence — has stunned
the marine biologist.
Lewis Beaumont, from
Temptation
Sailing
at
Glenelg, said the offence was
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The last thing a dolphin and her calf needs is to be harassed by a man on a jetski
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