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By The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES - All the sea lion wanted was some food.
A California fisherman has pleaded guilty in the fatal stabbing of a sea lion. Hai Nguyen faces up to a year in prison and a 20-thousand dollar U-S fine.
Police say Nguyen was fishing off a pier in Newport Beach last July when the sea lion snatched the bait from his fishing line.
Nguyen then stabbed the animal with a steak knife, piercing its heart. The sea lion was taken to a marine mammal centre in Laguna Beach, where it had to be put down.
Nguyen told a federal magistrate in Los Angeles Wednesday he never meant to kill the sea lion, just scare it away.
But he acknowledged violating the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
By The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES - All the sea lion wanted was some food.
A California fisherman has pleaded guilty in the fatal stabbing of a sea lion. Hai Nguyen faces up to a year in prison and a 20-thousand dollar U-S fine.
Police say Nguyen was fishing off a pier in Newport Beach last July when the sea lion snatched the bait from his fishing line.
Nguyen then stabbed the animal with a steak knife, piercing its heart. The sea lion was taken to a marine mammal centre in Laguna Beach, where it had to be put down.
Nguyen told a federal magistrate in Los Angeles Wednesday he never meant to kill the sea lion, just scare it away.
But he acknowledged violating the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.