{"id":533598,"date":"2026-01-22T02:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/533598\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T02:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:52:14","slug":"investigation-underway-after-dead-sea-ducks-discarded-off-i-95-in-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/533598\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation underway after dead sea ducks discarded off I-95 in New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities are looking to the public for any information after 11 dead sea ducks were discarded at the Seabrook Welcome Center in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators believe that the ducks were taken in Massachusetts and transported across the state line before being discarded, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department\u2019s Law Enforcement Division said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The action is being investigated as a possible violation of NH\u2019s Wanton Waste law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Jan. 11, New Hampshire Conservation Officer Cole LeTourneau received a call from the Seabrook Welcome Center on Interstate 95 in reference to a bag full of birds discarded at that location.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/d081081b4686ec1cfdea99ecc8e8a79c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When LeTourneau arrived at the Welcome Center, he identified 11 whole intact sea ducks that had been discarded, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSeveral of the sea ducks had tags attached to them which had been ripped to remove the hunters information,\u201d officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident has infuriated some members of the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI hope whoever did this is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,\u201d wrote Tom Costanza in a Facebook post. \u201cSuch a waste of natural resources. Killing for the fun of it. As a hunter this disgusts me to no end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDisgusting,\u201d wrote Rick Heil.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f31a2f9ae5dff82d88bdd3eebd47adeb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information is asked to contact Conservation Officer Cole LeTourneau at cole.w.letourneau@wildlife.nh.gov or New Hampshire State Police Dispatch at 603-271-3361.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition, the new poaching reporting feature of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huntregsapp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hunt Regs Ap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hunt Regs Ap<\/a>p may be used to report, anonymously or otherwise, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is a developing story. 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