In one recent incident at Auckland's Muriwai beach, a group of people filmed themselves riding a dead great white shark being towed behind a 4WD, before the animal's severed head was worn by one of the individuals involved. DOC investigated the group, after they shared the footage to social media, and issued two people involved with infringement notices. Other incidents recorded in the last 18 months have included the beheading of two different fur seals, a decapitated penguin and several red knots (migrant shorebirds) with their heads removed and their bodies left abandoned on beaches.

https://www.miragenews.com/new-zealand-conservation-dept-reports-grisly-1081328/

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