article_snippet: A dolphin who was found  dead in the Port River was shot with a shotgun, an autopsy has revealed.
article_snippet: Graze the dolphin pictured a decade ago when Graze the dolphin was first sighted in 1992 by a Whale and Dolphin Conservation group . '
article_snippet: Graze the dolphin was emaciated, and there were signs of disease that may have been related to four shotgun pellets. '
article_snippet: We believe Graze the dolphin died within weeks or even months.
article_snippet: South Australian Museum senior research scientist Catherine Kemper South Australian Museum senior research scientist Catherine Kemper said there had been about 10 dolphins discovered dead after being shot in Adelaide waters since 1998, despite all mammals are protected by law. '
article_snippet: Catherine Kemper (right) dissecting another dolphin .
article_snippet: South Australian Museum senior research scientist Catherine Kemper South Australian Museum senior research scientist Catherine Kemper said  it was animal cruelty for a dolphin to be shot with a gun .
article_snippet: Whale and Dolphin Conservation group
article_snippet: But this was not the first time a dolphin was killed by a shotgun in the local waters.
article_snippet: Two dolphins were killed in the Barker Inlet in 1998 and the calf of one of Two dolphins died shortly afterwards.
article_snippet: The South Australian Museum has subsequently found shot gun pellets in dolphins collected in the Adelaide area on a number of occasions but the bodies were found just outside the sanctuary boundaries.
article_snippet: Anyone who kills or wilfully injures a dolphin (stock image) could face up to $100,000 or two years in prison .
article_snippet: In South Australia, the maximum penalty for anyone who kills or wilfully injures a protected marine mammal could face a hefty fine of up to $100,000, or two years imprisonment.
highlights_snippet: Scientists at the South Australian Museum conducted an autopsy on Graze the dolphin .
  
highlights_snippet: Graze the dolphin was found in 1992 a scientist has studied Graze the dolphin movements since .
  
highlights_snippet: The dolphin's name comes from the injury on Graze the dolphin fin .