What unbelievable cruelty – man’s inhumanity!

Fair play to the Journal for putting up the photos, I’m always one for taking the good as well as the bad view. But that is f*****g disgusting, whoever did that should be put in prison, the filthy animals. Makes me so angry.

God, this kind of thing makes me so angry. I understand people rely on fishing to make a living but the idea that seals which are a natural predator of fish, and that only eat what they need are more of a problem than overfishing and by catch and other fisheries related issues is ridiculous.
The people in that sanctuary give their time freely to try and do a bit of good for the animals and this is how they’re treated. Irish people can be so incredibly thick and ignorant sometimes it makes me ashamed. It really does.
The worst part of it is that even if they find who did it they’ll probably get off with a slap on the wrist or a half arsed fine.

Wow. Possibly one of the cruelest and most cowardly acts I have ever witnessed.

Unbelievably sick… I hope those responsible are found and locked up for a very long time… what is their thinking?

Who in their right minds would do such a thing? Evil people.

Absolutely disgusting. Defenceless animals tortured. How sick can some people be to do this?

Whoever did this needs to get professional help big time, a very disturbed mind !

Theres some very sick weirdos out there. Best find the culprit(s) quick as animal cruelty is often a sign of underlying peronality disorders.

The full weight of the law needs to be felt by those responsible for this hideous and twisted act. If anyone out there has any information what so ever I urge you to go to the Gardaí as soon as possible. This is a country famed for its natural beauty and heritage. As well as being popular for its scenery it is equally famed for the array of beautiful creatures found on land and off our coasts. Acts like this cannot be tolerated in any way shape or form. Disgusting does not even begin to describe it.

Anyone capable of this kind of depravity is capable of anything! We share this planet with creatures who do not deserve to be refered to as humans. Even animals only kill when instinct tells them they have to. It seems only humans can mutilate and kill for fun or as a prank. Shame on those responsible.

It takes a particularly nasty individual to do something like this. Would love it if the cops track him/her down.

I believe that people who display wanton cruelty towards animals would treat their fellow humans similarly if they thought they’d get away with it.

whoever done this didnt do the fishermen any favours

Idiots they have done more harm than they know to their cause to have seals culled, that is disgusting

This is horrific. If this was an act by local fishermen, they should be looking at the wider picture and fighting the fight against the current quota system imposed by the EU Common Fisheries Policy. The idea of catch and throwing back over board of dead, perfectly consumable fish is an absolute disgrace for modern day society. Fish stocks would not be so low if over fishing wasn’t almost encouraged, in , my eyes, by EU policy. All of a fisherman’s catch, no matter how many different fish species are caught, should be brought back to land and sold for consumption.
Honestly, these people took the easy way out (and I mean it in the bigger picture, as I think that this act of cruelty is appalling). They are cowards and should be speaking out if they want policies changed or anything to be done to help ever decreasing fish stocks. This problem is the maker of MAN!!!

Even if they are caught, nothing will be done to them.
Words fail me on this one.

If seals consume fish to the point that fish stocks can’t replenish, shouldn’t fish stocks have been depleted long ago? Seals existed long before trawlers came along but the stocks were still there, so from my point of view the problem is overfishing.

As for my own thoughts on this act of cruelty, it is utterly horrific and there is absolutely no justification for it.
The people who did this clearly have no respect for the humane treatment of all animals.

Unauthorized culls happen quite often down there…d’yis remember the incident where loads of seals were found with slit throats on the Blaskets?

There is a special place in hell for these sick b*stards….

That’s disgusting. How sick does anyone need to be to do something so evil! Poor animals!

Very sick people to do this..! Hope they are caught and locked up!

For marine life, though, this country is awesome.

I’ve seen the seals at Bulloch and Howth, occasional dolphins from the Dart and even a huge group (Shoal? Pod? School? Gang?) of dolphins in the North up near Giant’s Causeway. Still haven’t spotted a shark or whale yet.

Bad boda on the imbeciles who did this.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is offering a reward of 2000 Euros for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing two seals and nailing their decapitated heads to the Dingle Seal and Wildlife Sanctuary in Ireland. Please report any information to the Guarda

Whoever did this needs to be found and found quickly. Seriously sick individual(s) and even more disturbing given the premeditation obviously involved.

So sad, why would anyone want to do this, what point are they trying to make? Such beautiful animals. I can’t believe something like this has happened in Kerry, such a beautiful place!!

This is absolutely a vile act and who ever done this should be jailed. I hope that the staff at the sanctuary are okay as i imagine they are all in shock, especially the person who made the discovery. I have never seen or heard of anything so inhumane as this. I’m absolutely shocked that someone could bring themselves to this.

I am truly sickened!!

Beyond belief that somebody could do this. Serious jail time required for all involved. I pity the decent people that have to raise kids near the psychos responsible for this. God knows what else their narrow minds are capable of.

That is disgusting. Hopefully those responsible will be caught and dealt with appropriately. Though I’m not sure there is a sufficient sanction under the law for this act of despicable cruelty.

How amazingly tragic is that? I’m not even going to try to understand the type of person that has the ability to inflict such cruelty to any living creature. Until the law is amended so the courts can hand down real sentence to match the severity of the crimes there is very little to deter these type of people from getting their kicks. I detest ALL types of cruelty but against children or animals is especially sickening, I wouldn’t be a violent person but……

If they are caught a clear message needs to be sent out to others that may contemplate carrying out similar acts. I hope they have the full force of the law applied to them and that they spend a considerable amount of time behind bars.

Vile morons

That is truly sickening. I hope whoever did this get caught and their head put on a plank of wood. SOme sick people in this world who obviously need help.

the staff working there must be absolutely devastated. really feel for them.

What savagery. I agree with all the sentiment and am horrified that cruelty like this could exist. I also think that Craig’s point is valid The group that could carry out such an act need to be confronted and not just condemned however difficult it may be.

Just barbaric be ashamed to call yourself a human being

Christ u would want to be pretty messed up to do something do evil and unnecessarily cruel. Why ……?

What an absolute horrible pointless act of cruelty, there really are some evil people out there.

What a dispicable act of Cruelty, not only to these poor animals but to the people who found them. The perpetrators should be caught asap and medically assessed . Thank you to the Journal for showing these pics as gruesome as they are, it needs to be put out there that there are evil people about. Shocking ! I feel quite upset that a ”human being/s” carried out these acts of inhumanity… Shame on them. There is something really sick with the mind of an individual who did this .

I really hope whoever did this is caught. Clearly anyone who gets a kick out of this sort of sick act poses a threat to just to animals but to people too. The law needs to be harsh when it comes to animal cruelty.

That should really do a lot of damage to Dingle’s tourist efforts. What kind of sick people would do this. Bastards.

Disgusting. I hate people.

What have members of the fishing industry have to say about this. Is it necessary to kill seals to protect fish stocks. The problem now is whoever done this has had the exact effect they wanted media exposure.

This makes me want to cry, how barbaric so cruel so heartless, Don’t think I could trust myself not to do time for these b…….. if I came face to face with them.

sick sick bastards. i wouldn’t mind 10mins with them.Inhumane sick disgusting horrible. F*****g bastards

I actually wouldn’t have a problem cracking the skulls of the ones who did this.

This type of thing happens all the time down in Kerry. No one was ever charged for this:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/1105/seals.html

They Gardai will let them away with it down there. As they always do.

this is horrific I am truly shocked

sick,sick barstards! hopefully the sea shepherd organization will find out who did this to these gentle creatures!
Me I would give the perpetrators a taste of the same inhumane treatment they so cruelly imparted on these seals!
If anyone has any information or knows who did this,keep your conscience clear and inform the Gardai!

The animals that did this should have their heads cut off … An eye for an eye. absolute savages

Sickening!

Get the cowardly bastards and have them hung and quartered!

@mike, fisherman need to realise that their the reason for the low fish stocks, not the seals. Whoever did this should be put in prison, end of.

A shocking act of barbarism. It’s not the seals that are responsible for the collapse in fishing stocks but the EU, which has cost Ireland €200 billion in fishing rights since 1972.

That is so cruel they should go to jail for being cruel to animals that’s just what I think

Dingle, the same town which erected a monument to Charlie Haughey. Something not right about that place

hijos de la gran puta. Enfermos mentales a la cárcel de por vida.

Sick Bastards, what I’ve give to get my hands on them.

Wouldn’t call the people who did ‘sick’ or ‘mentally ill’ …. Just giving mental illness a bad name… Evil bad bastards …

Absolutely appalling act of cruelty & violence. The acts of cowards, how brave does someone need to be to slaughter & torture a defenceless animal. 15 years in jail would not be enough.

There are some sick people out there.

Whoever did this poses a clear and present danger to society at large. They are clearly deranged individuals with serious mental health issues.

Does anybody actually know for sure what the animal cruelty laws are in Ireland, or a handy enough way to find out ?

Disgusting

Actually, while it is obviously a horrible thing to do, this act has probably done a lot to raise support for the seal sanctuary and conservation in general.
I’d imagine it was done by someone from the local fishing industry who feels that seals are competition for fish. I would also imagine that many more seals are killed or wounded by people like that out at sea that and their bodies never found.
Making a spectacle of these two animals is more likely to make them into martyrs than anything else.

does fungie the dingle dolphin now stand in danger, and does the fish farm have their place on 24 hour protection, hard to look at those pictures, pure cruelty.

Bring the bastards up to Limerick when they’re found, we’d only love to show them exactly what we think of them, sick, thick, cruel f**kers!!!!

The Japanese over-fish and blame dolphins. The Russians over-fish (in the Bering Sea) and blame the Chinese.
Everybody blames somebody for what they can’t own up to themselves–there’s too much money to be made from big hauls of fish. The bigger the haul, the more money they make. So the seals get blamed, like the home-buyers get blamed for the bubble and subsequent economic collapse. Greed, baby. They’re gonna fish till the last fish in the ocean is gone. They should get a pretty penny for the last fish in the ocean. Wonder if it’ll be the Chinese, the Japanese, the Russians, the Americans, or the Icelanders who catch it…

this is cruel beyond belief !!!! while i understand the fishermen want to make a living.(as do we all).. animals where around long before us.. so we are taking their natural supply of food. i agree animals need to be culled to keep the populations down, but this should be done humainly, just like other species… just because we are the top of a food chain dont mean we can go round doing things like this.. its just plain sick !!!

http://www.Facebook.com/Kerryman.official have pics.

This was an act of animal cruelty, pure and simple. Even under our antiquated anti-cruelty laws this was an illegal act and the people responsible would be prosecuted if caught. Unfortunately, many people still protect such thugs by their silence, not wishing to be “informers”. We need to accept that animal cruelty, be it badger baoting, throwing cats into Halloween fires, or hare coursing should be unnacceptable in a civilised society.

sorry, when i said fish farm,
i meant to say seal sanctuary, the red paint, is it spray or brushed on, and is it a specialized paint,

New laws need to be brought in to protect wildlife and all type animals!.. god the people who have done this are “SICK”!!!..

Any updates on this?

Tiz true for Paidi O Se….. The worst type of Fxxxing animals….. and he didn’t mean the seals….

Sea Shepherd Ireland have offered a €2k reward for information that leads to the conviction of these criminals, along with NARA’s up to €5k offer this brings the reward pot to €7k. Please provide garda and the Dingle Wildlife & Seal Sanctuary with all information regarding this crime.

This crime has now been reported around the world, will Dingle be internationally known as the scene of this crime or as the home of fungie ?

To contact Sea Shepherd please email ireland@seashepherd.org or go to our web page http://www.seashepherd.org and look for the wildlife crimes page where you can report what you know confidentially.

The Seals need someone to stand up and be counted, to match the names that have already been given to evidential facts for the gards to add this to forensic evidance, ensuring that this type of crime stops in Kerry.

This has been simmering for a while. There is a lot of anger among fishermen re stocks being stretched by too many seals. A fairly sick thing to do though. I thought you wouldnt see that in Ireland. A lot of fishermen had been complaining that nets being left out were being targeted by seals who had learnt that there was an easy meal in the nets. Many catches in nets were being wiped out by seals.

the only way to save our fish stocks in this country is an organised cull of these animals, not by crucifixion but in a humane way. there are far too many of them some are even reaching fish spawning grounds in lakes and rivers 30km plus up stream.

Seals consume some 25-50 tonnes of fish on a daily basis, while cormorants devour some 15-18 tonnes, meaning that, at the current rate, it is impossible for fish stocks to replenish.

People do desperate things when their livelihoods and way of life are threatened such as killing seals and poisoning birds of prey. This is as much a cry for help as it is an act of barbarism

I never realised Dingle had a Seal and Wildlife sanctuary. Free advertising!