“The next day, the elephant seal was discovered on the beach with a bullet hole in its head,” the statement read.A picture from the NOAA website shows a juvenile Northern elephant seal at an undisclosed date and location.“It remains unclear what motivated [Gerbich] to commit such an act; nevertheless, [Gerbich] knew it was wrong,” prosecutors wrote in their sentencing memorandum.
According to the United States Department of Justice, Gerbich, who now lives in Coalville, Utah, pleaded guilty in December 2020 to one misdemeanor count of illegally taking a marine mammal. It was announced on Monday that Gerbich was sentenced by United States District Judge Dale S. Fischer to three months in federal prison for the heinous act.“Judge Fischer also ordered Gerbich to be placed on one year of supervised release following his release from prison, serve a three-month term of home detention, perform 120 hours of community service, and pay a $1,000 fine,” said the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California in a statement.
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Good lord, what is wrong with humans
Seal was probably asking for it.
Bastard.
Dude is a straight sociopath.
Why not show a picture of an elephant seal for the story? Because they're huge, ugly and scary?
His sentencing is a fucking joke, he should've gotten 12 years. He shooting a peaceful animal resting, what would he have done to a human being? Hope get what he deserves behind bars.
Disgusting; he should have received a much harsher punishment.
What the actual 🤬
WTF is wrong with that guy. Why does every psycho in the country have a gun?
Excellent! Trigger happy criminals!😡
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!
Only three months for executing a elephant seal while he sleeps!!! Shame on the system that gives this person only three months.
Fuck
3 months is a fkn JOKE
Not enough. Pathetic
Why don’t you show a picture of the elephants still not this cute little guy? Are you trying to make it more emotional? So disappointing in journalism these days
3 months 😡 Judges need to take animal abuse seriously!!! He should have gotten 10 years!
Should be ten years in prison and assets seized.
Three months is not enough. This guys is sick.
One common characteristic of a physcopath is the pleasure they derive from killing innocent creatures. Bird, squirrels cat dos etc. if the guy will kill an animal like that for fun, willing to wager people are not far behind
That is so sad! What was the fucking point of it?
Asshole.
3 months to become a worse criminal and then back on the street. Great.
He actually deserves more than that.
Jerk!
How about a minimum of 10 years. What an evil act.
WTF..he deserves worse
Longer sentence needed to be applied.
Just three months? I hope those will be memorable months. Inmates have their own code of ethics.
Judge No justice!!!!
Just another example of why people shouldn’t carry guns , have a gun in your home for protection or collect but why do we need guns on the beach, school, grocery store.... GunControl GunViolence gunsafetynow
Need to step up judges!!!!
Sick fuck.
Wtf 😬 why would he do that. 😔
He should also have his weapons stripped.
Jail foreeeever!
Protect wildlife. 3 months. Seems much more serious than that.
Crazy
Hopefully that along with a hefty fine and a suspension with his foid card will teach him a lesson
🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮. Pure Evil 👿
Poor baby
3 months? That's it? Dude's a psychopath and we're just letting psychopaths off with a slap on the wrist.
What is wrong with people?
I’m sorry for the seal💔 Shooter got what he deserved
He should go in for more!
GOOD!!!
Awful awful
Only 3 months? Why not 3 years? What about a psych exam? Most animal killers can/will/have been known to shoot humans, too. This is SICKENING. And I hope that Karma had reserved a special place for this guy...really, really special.
A guy jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge to commit suicide and didn’t die Bc something in the water held him up. Guess what it was.... a fucking sea lion. The guy who did this should find a bridge to jump off of too with only this seals’ family in the water. See what happens 😃🦭
Only 3 months.... should have been a min of 3 years, would prefer longer.
3 months is a joke!
Elephant Seals get more justice than black Americans.
Next time first dress the seal in blue or give it a MAGA hat.
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