Who Is Killing The Monk Seals On Molokai? … At least two of the six endangered seals found dead on Molokai so far this year were killed by humans.
The most recent body was discovered by a dentist walking her dogs on the beach.
Slumped in the sand was the carcass of a Hawaiian monk seal. She knew it was dead because insects were swarming the body.
It couldn’t have been there long.
Boki Chung, who reported the dead seal to federal authorities, said she had walked the same strip of beach on Molokai’s south shore near Kawela Stream the previous day, too.
As she moved closer to the corpse to try and spot any identifiable features, Chung said the seal’s whiskered snout and one of its big, round eyes appeared to be bruised, as if the animal had been clubbed in the head.
