Activists leave dead dolphins at embassy

LONDON – Greenpeace activists dumped two dead dolphins on the steps of the French Embassy in London on Thursday to protest French fishing practices.

The group says the practice of pair-trawling – in which two boats drag nets between them – kills up to 2,000 dolphins every year.

Spokesman Oliver Knowles said the dead dolphins were recovered in the English Channel by the Greenpeace ship Esperanza.

Sixteen French pair-trawlers were operating within a 12-mile radius of where the bodies were discovered, he added.