LA Times reported today that two dead leopard sharks were found dumped in a residential trash bin. The dead carcasses are been examined in Downey for the cause and to obtain any information.
Animal control officers are trying to figure out how two adult leopard sharks ended up in a trash can outside a Norwalk home.
A woman said she smelled a foul odor coming from a garbage can outside her house Monday and when she peeked inside found the two dead 4-foot sharks staring up at her, said Aaron Reyes, director of operations in the area for the L.A. County animal control authority.
“Stuffed in there, just sort of curled in and, you know, thrown on top of each other,” Reyes said.
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