Care2 member? Log in
|
|
 |
Stop Sea Lion Killing Plan
Target: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
The National Marine Fisheries Service recently authorized the killing of up to 85 federally protected sea lions this year at the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River in Oregon.
Federal and state officials claim they have to kill sea lions to protect endangered salmon. But sea lions are not the main threat to endangered salmon on the Columbia river - dams, habitat loss and humans are.
Consider the facts:
Learn more from the Humane Society of the United States, Wild Fish Conservancy and Save Our Wild Salmon.
Federal and state officials claim they have to kill sea lions to protect endangered salmon. But sea lions are not the main threat to endangered salmon on the Columbia river - dams, habitat loss and humans are.
Consider the facts:
- Sea lions kill between 0.4% and 4.2% of salmon and steelhead returning to the Columbia River each year;
- Federal dams on the Snake River kill over 15% of returning steelhead and salmon adults each year;
- Oregon and Washington states, which requested permission to kill sea lions, proposed increasing fishing quotas from 9% to 12% of the 2008 salmon run.
Learn more from the Humane Society of the United States, Wild Fish Conservancy and Save Our Wild Salmon.
Send Letter see who signed this
We took action on “Stop Sea Lion Killing Plan”!
# 250:
7:08 am PDT, May 5,
Gail Costic, Pennsylvania
# 249:
7:07 am PDT, May 5,
Derek Knisely, Kentucky
# 248:
7:07 am PDT, May 5,
Cara G. Rosson, Illinois
# 247:
7:07 am PDT, May 5,
William Albrecht, Colorado
# 246:
7:07 am PDT, May 5,
Ann Rodriguez, Indiana
# 245:
7:06 am PDT, May 5,
Morgan Barakat, Pennsylvania
Sea lions have never hurt you, or even tried to kill you! So what is the point of shooting these innocent animals? Just because they aren't the dominate species, doesn't mean that they don't have lives!
Sea lions have never hurt you, or even tried to kill you! So what is the point of shooting these innocent animals? Just because they aren't the dominate species, doesn't mean that they don't have lives!
# 244:
7:06 am PDT, May 5,
Carol Obrocki, Maryland
Enough. These sea lions need to be protected, not killed, because of all the suffering we as humans have caused them and other animals over the years, driving them from their natural habitats and using animals for fur and what have you. This is the home of these sea lions. Please let them live naturally and find an alternative way to protect the salmon. The sea lions need to eat and survive there. Thank you for your consideration. I know you will do the right thing in helping protect the sea lions. Sincerely, Carol O'Brocki
Enough. These sea lions need to be protected, not killed, because of all the suffering we as humans have caused them and other animals over the years, driving them from their natural habitats and using animals for fur and what have you. This is the home of these sea lions. Please let them live naturally and find an alternative way to protect the salmon. The sea lions need to eat and survive there. Thank you for your consideration. I know you will do the right thing in helping protect the sea lions. Sincerely, Carol O'Brocki
# 243:
7:06 am PDT, May 5,
Marianne Daniels, California
I hope to God they find them and hang them High and do the to them as they do to animals of any kind, shame on you ugly people you call yourselves humanbeings!!
I hope to God they find them and hang them High and do the to them as they do to animals of any kind, shame on you ugly people you call yourselves humanbeings!!
# 242:
7:06 am PDT, May 5,
Tom Blanton, North Carolina
# 241:
7:05 am PDT, May 5,
Marcin Sztwiertnia, Poland
# 240:
|
7:04 am PDT, May 5,
Sherry Wells, Virginia
So sad....they breath...live...and have feelings just as you humans who kill them...the one thing they have that YOU dont...is a heart and soul!!!! RIP innocent victims of greed ! |
# 239:
7:04 am PDT, May 5,
Allee C, Oregon
You need to stop killing the sea lions and use your brains to get all of them out of there and to keep them out of here! Instead of killing a population! If you kill anymore, this'll throw the whole world upside down! Just like Global Warming!!!! SO STOP.
You need to stop killing the sea lions and use your brains to get all of them out of there and to keep them out of here! Instead of killing a population! If you kill anymore, this'll throw the whole world upside down! Just like Global Warming!!!! SO STOP.
# 238:
7:03 am PDT, May 5,
Dale Kurtz, New York
# 237:
7:03 am PDT, May 5,
Rogelio Hernandez, Michigan
Just how stupid can our so-called representatives get ??? Do the people's will and not the lobbyists' for a very welcome change. . . . and eat less salmon.
Just how stupid can our so-called representatives get ??? Do the people's will and not the lobbyists' for a very welcome change. . . . and eat less salmon.
# 236:
7:03 am PDT, May 5,
Terry Sario, Arizona
# 235:
7:03 am PDT, May 5,
Paul Bruce-joy, United Kingdom
# 234:
7:03 am PDT, May 5,
Jacqueline Tremlin, Idaho
# 233:
7:03 am PDT, May 5,
Franziska Eber, Germany
# 232:
7:02 am PDT, May 5,
Lou Wygal, Arkansas
# 231:
7:02 am PDT, May 5,
Ginger Haycox, Pennsylvania
# 230:
7:02 am PDT, May 5,
Suzanne Knutson, Minnesota
# 229:
7:01 am PDT, May 5,
Cuong Truong, California
Stop Killing Please!
Stop Killing Please!
# 228:
7:01 am PDT, May 5,
Mattie Darling, Texas
they are harmless animails and deserve to be proctected.
they are harmless animails and deserve to be proctected.
# 227:
7:01 am PDT, May 5,
Shellie Enteen, Florida
# 226:
7:01 am PDT, May 5,
Michael Gruber, Ohio
# 225:
7:00 am PDT, May 5,
Shirin Vasheghani, Canada
# 224:
|
7:00 am PDT, May 5,
Elizabeth Diehl, Texas
I find it disturbing, extreme and outrageous to hear of such an inhumane solution to this problem. If the sea lion were as commonly consumed as the deer, then allowing more of these animals to be hunted might seem like a logical solution to the problem but only if all other possible solutions that excluded the killing of any such animals had been explored. However, unlike deer, sea lions are not a common and/or desired form of meat for consumption. That being said, the legal and authorized killing of such a species is an extreme, inhumane and LAZY way of dealing with the problem at hand. I would suggest hiring a "non-vested, third-party expert" to propose a logical, economical and humane approach to the problem. |
# 223:
7:00 am PDT, May 5,
Jennifer Hochberg, Connecticut
# 222:
6:59 am PDT, May 5,
Deborah Cohen, Missouri
# 221:
6:59 am PDT, May 5,
Alicia Landin, Texas
# 220:
6:58 am PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Ohio
Why protect salmon? For humans, the ultimate consumers. I think we consume enough as it is.
Why protect salmon? For humans, the ultimate consumers. I think we consume enough as it is.
# 219:
6:57 am PDT, May 5,
Emily White, Florida
# 218:
|
6:56 am PDT, May 5,
Bernard ZINK, France
|
# 217:
6:56 am PDT, May 5,
Andy Johnson, Washington
# 216:
6:55 am PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
I think your plan to murder sea lions is appaling. To kill one beautiful creature to save another makes NO sense at all and is NOT the answer. Hope you realize that before you end up endangering another animal. Please look for a more peaceful solution.
I think your plan to murder sea lions is appaling. To kill one beautiful creature to save another makes NO sense at all and is NOT the answer. Hope you realize that before you end up endangering another animal. Please look for a more peaceful solution.
# 215:
6:55 am PDT, May 5,
Nikki Harris, Minnesota
# 214:
6:54 am PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 213:
6:54 am PDT, May 5,
Laura Zanoli, Italy
It's a shame,it have not sense...don't kill these poor animals,don't blame theme for something that men do!
It's a shame,it have not sense...don't kill these poor animals,don't blame theme for something that men do!
# 212:
6:53 am PDT, May 5,
Brandi Mullins, Ohio
# 211:
6:53 am PDT, May 5,
Heather Powell Joy, Texas
# 210:
6:53 am PDT, May 5,
Elizabeth Archer, Washington
# 209:
6:53 am PDT, May 5,
Rebecca King, Oregon
# 208:
6:52 am PDT, May 5,
Eileen Frances, Washington
Remember the right to life? It's not just for humans.
Remember the right to life? It's not just for humans.
# 207:
6:52 am PDT, May 5,
Emilia Lausz, Pennsylvania
# 206:
6:51 am PDT, May 5,
David Cutler, Canada
# 205:
6:51 am PDT, May 5,
Diane Henry Rosser, Georgia
# 204:
6:50 am PDT, May 5,
Julie Plakut, Illinois
# 203:
6:50 am PDT, May 5,
Laura Krebs Gordon, New York
In the Name of God, please stop this senseless killing and repeal your agency's approval of a plan to kill up to 85 sea lions this year at Bonneveille Dam.
In the Name of God, please stop this senseless killing and repeal your agency's approval of a plan to kill up to 85 sea lions this year at Bonneveille Dam.
# 202:
6:50 am PDT, May 5,
Pamela Zola, Pennsylvania
# 201:
6:50 am PDT, May 5,
Jane Heaney, Pennsylvania