{"id":565785,"date":"2026-04-05T09:50:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/565785\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:50:22","slug":"critically-endangered-great-hammerhead-sharks-found-mutilated-and-dead-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/565785\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically endangered Great Hammerhead sharks found mutilated and dead in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM<\/p>\n<p>$5,000 reward for information: Center for Biological Diversity offers $,4000; FWC offers a reward of up to $1,000 Animal advocates want justice for Great Hammerhead sharks  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">JUNO BEACH, Fla.  \u2014 Animal advocates were demanding justice on Friday for two <a href=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/wildlifehabitats\/profiles\/saltwater\/sharks\/great-hammerhead-shark\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/wildlifehabitats\/profiles\/saltwater\/sharks\/great-hammerhead-shark\/\">critically endangered Great Hammerhead sharks <\/a>recently found dead in Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was investigating how both Great hammerhead sharks were mutilated in March in Florida\u2019s Treasure Coast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The first carcass \u2014 without a dorsal fin and tail \u2014 was found on March 15 at Juno Beach. The second mutilated carcass with a tied rope was found on March 29 at Hobe Sound Beach. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">There was a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and prosecution in the June Beach case after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologicaldiversity.org\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.biologicaldiversity.org\/\">Center for Biological Diversity<\/a> added $4,000. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The FWC was offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest and prosecution in the Hobe Sound Beach case. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">To submit a tip about the cases, call the FWC\u2019s Wildlife Alert Hotline at 1-888-404-3922 or <a href=\"https:\/\/app.myfwc.com\/LE\/WildlifeAlert\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/app.myfwc.com\/LE\/WildlifeAlert\/Default.aspx\">visit this page<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For information about prohibited sharks, <a href=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/fishing\/saltwater\/recreational\/sharks\/#regs\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/fishing\/saltwater\/recreational\/sharks\/#regs\">visit this FWC page<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Kristi Krueger\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/08cba8f5-5303-47ea-9a.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Kristi Krueger<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Kristi Krueger has built a solid reputation as an award-winning medical reporter and effervescent anchor. She joined Local 10 in August 1993 and currently co-anchors the noon, 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. newscasts. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Andrea Torres\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83a8effa-fc87-4940-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Andrea Torres<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM $5,000 reward for information: Center for Biological Diversity offers $,4000; FWC offers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-565785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}