Man fought sea lion over fish bait, got probation

The title says it all.

Garden Grove resident Hai Nguyen was fishing in Newport Beach when a sea lion came up to eat his fish bait, so he stabbed the federally protected animal with a steak knife.

That was in July of last year.

Today, Nguyen was in federal court, pleaded guilty, and received probation. The government had asked for 6 months’ imprisonment. Read more here.

 

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3 Responses to Man fought sea lion over fish bait, got probation

  1. VietPundit says:

    Hahaha! Good one, Bolsavik. I clicked the link, and the headline is “Man who fatally stabbed sea lion gets probation”. What kind of headline is that? Yours is much better!

  2. Ken says:

    Why not imprison the animal too, ’cause he eated the man’s fish illegaly as well? Eight months, if you ask me, as Mr. Sealion caused the fighting.

  3. Chuong says:

    Very interesting.

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