Date: 1/10/2006
A Victorian teenager has been charged with shooting more than 40 protected fur seals. The 19-year-old man from San Remo, a fishing town in the Australian stateâs south-east, will face seven criminal charges and 15 wildlife and fisheries offences when he appears in court in November. Dozens of fur seals, the worldâs fourth rarest seal species, were found shot dead or dying on Kanowna Island, in the Wilsonâs Promontory National Park in the stateâs south-east. A second man, aged 29, is also expected to be charged.