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Stop Sea Lion Killing Plan

Target: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources
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:
  • 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.
A federal judge is set to rule on this plan on May 8th, and until then no sea lions may be killed. Yet six federally protected sea lions were just found shot to death on the Columbia River at Bonneville Dam. Make sure no more sea lions die - tell NMFS to abandon its plan to allow killing of sea lions on the Columbia River!

Learn more from the Humane Society of the United States, Wild Fish Conservancy and Save Our Wild Salmon.
deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000
 
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To Ms. Donna Darm,
Assistant Regional Administrator,
Protected Resources Division, NMFS

I just learned that six federally protected sea lions were found killed on the Columbia River even though a federal judge issued a stay of execution for sea lions with the National Marine Fisheries Service and the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. I urge you to immediately repeal your agency's approval of a plan to kill up to 85 sea lions this year at Bonneville Dam.

Sea lions are not the primary cause of salmon decline in the Columbia River and Pacific Northwest. In fact, sea lions kill 4.2% or less of returning salmon and steelhead each year. Dams along the Columbia and Snake Rivers kill over 15% of returning adult salmon and steelhead, and the incidental take allowance is currently 9%.
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We took action on “Stop Sea Lion Killing Plan”!
# 2,550:
6:59 am PDT, May 11, Liz Casey, Canada
# 2,549:
6:05 am PDT, May 11, ROBIN MCKAY, Kentucky
MOVEM DONT LOSEM
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5:55 am PDT, May 11, Chantal Chavassieux, France
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4:30 am PDT, May 11, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
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3:23 am PDT, May 11, Andrée Hussard, France
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3:07 am PDT, May 11, Annie Bertrand, France
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2:44 am PDT, May 11, Doris Quaglino-schimonek, Austria
# 2,543:
12:13 am PDT, May 11, Marla De Vries, Netherlands
# 2,542:
11:59 pm PDT, May 10, Carolyn Harris, Louisiana
What is this world coming to? I strongly oppose the killing of these glorious animals (sea lions) in the name of protecting salmon. I don't think what they catch has much impact whatsoever on the salmon compared to what we humans do.
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11:58 pm PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
they have done nothing to the salmon leave them alone
# 2,540:
11:51 pm PDT, May 10, Bea Brinkley, Australia
tell NMFS to abandon its plan to allow killing of sea lions on the Columbia River!
# 2,539:
11:41 pm PDT, May 10, Agnes S, Illinois
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11:26 pm PDT, May 10, Lorena Drajneanu, Romania
# 2,537:
10:57 pm PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, Kentucky
# 2,536:
10:26 pm PDT, May 10, Nina L.Marrocco, Florida
This is an ABOMINATION!!!!! Your maker watches what you do and you WILL have to answer someday! STOP this needless slaughter.
# 2,535:
10:17 pm PDT, May 10, Mark Foote, Washington
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10:11 pm PDT, May 10, Merry Loscalzo-Stumpf, Iowa
How can you kill a federally protected animal? Isn't that against THE LAW?
# 2,533:
9:39 pm PDT, May 10, Bess Katerinsky, New York
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9:36 pm PDT, May 10, Beth Stein, California
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9:34 pm PDT, May 10, Jillyanne Michelle Cape, Missouri
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9:31 pm PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, Kentucky
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9:21 pm PDT, May 10, Iván Avilés, Mexico
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9:02 pm PDT, May 10, Elizabeth Even, California
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8:44 pm PDT, May 10, Christy Grubb, Pennsylvania
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8:44 pm PDT, May 10, Emily Eccles, California
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8:36 pm PDT, May 10, Annette Weakley, Virginia
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8:25 pm PDT, May 10, Elsie Frazier, Idaho
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8:23 pm PDT, May 10, Norman Traum, Colorado
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7:50 pm PDT, May 10, Maria Cruz, New York
There are many different types of fish in the world other than salmon! Instead of killing sea lions for "eating them" why can't you stop eating the salmon and damming up the rivers! Humans can live on other foods than just fish! Sea lions mostly eat fish to stay alive! Is killing off one species to extinction going to help later on in the future?!
# 2,521:
7:36 pm PDT, May 10, Shevaun Gardiner, Australia
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7:24 pm PDT, May 10, Prima Baily, New York
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7:04 pm PDT, May 10, Jamie Scott, Texas
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6:57 pm PDT, May 10, Bridget Pena, California
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6:56 pm PDT, May 10, Jill Kelly, Iowa
Once again the Sea Lion is to blame. When it is us, the HUMANS! God help us!
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6:22 pm PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, New Zealand
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6:09 pm PDT, May 10, Andreas Jahns, Germany
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5:30 pm PDT, May 10, Jennifer Giattino, South Carolina
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5:16 pm PDT, May 10, Ashley Tieck, Iowa
# 2,512:
5:07 pm PDT, May 10, Destizons René, France
stop ! ŕ ces massacres !!!
# 2,511:
5:04 pm PDT, May 10, Donneger Rémi, France
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5:02 pm PDT, May 10, Marchand Christine, France
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4:33 pm PDT, May 10, Carissa Savoie, Rhode Island
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4:32 pm PDT, May 10, Angelica Ines Bregante, Argentina
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4:31 pm PDT, May 10, Stela Vasques, Portugal
# 2,506:
3:59 pm PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, Colorado
Why! JUST STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 2,505:
3:51 pm PDT, May 10, Bree Gaudette, Canada
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2:52 pm PDT, May 10, Anthony Montapert, California
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2:45 pm PDT, May 10, Christine Alexander, Oregon
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2:44 pm PDT, May 10, Miclo Corinne, France
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2:29 pm PDT, May 10, Rosalie Sundin, Minnesota
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