` ` I ca n't explain why anyone would shoot a dolphin , '' a police officer says . At least three dolphin deaths have been reported so far this year . Samia Ahmad , a spokeswoman for the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport , Mississippi , said at least six dolphins had died as a result of foul play since January . Two earlier deaths involved fishing charter ##s .
` ` I ca n't explain why anyone would shoot a dolphin , '' a police officer says . At least three dolphin deaths have been reported so far this year . Two earlier deaths involved fishing charter ##s .