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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.
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# 2,750:
11:52 am PDT, May 13,
Martha West, United Kingdom
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11:37 am PDT, May 13,
Vicki McCauley, Texas
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Velene Campbell, California
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Andrew Russell, New York
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Julie Dion, New Mexico
Humanity will out
Humanity will out
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Marjorie Miller, Georgia
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Jennifer Mosher, Tennessee
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Chad Halsey, Indiana
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Trish Gibson, Indiana
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Name not displayed, California
Please stop hurting these innocent beings
Please stop hurting these innocent beings
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Brian Johnson, California
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Sarina Walczynski, Illinois
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Jennifer Walker, New York
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Nicholas Novotny, Ohio
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Rene Siracusa, Texas
Is it beyond the imagination to have the sea lions relocated? You DO have to maintain a certain balance of "natural selection". Why humans think they're better than all other creatures on earth is beyond me, but we surely are NOT.
Is it beyond the imagination to have the sea lions relocated? You DO have to maintain a certain balance of "natural selection". Why humans think they're better than all other creatures on earth is beyond me, but we surely are NOT.
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Emily Goenner, Minnesota
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Bruno Alqueres, Brazil
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Lisa Haugen, Missouri
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Lisa L Hawkins, Georgia
Sea Lions don't really hurt the environment. The salmon are fine. Please don't kill there beautiful animals.
Sea Lions don't really hurt the environment. The salmon are fine. Please don't kill there beautiful animals.
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Christine Hairel, Virginia
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Anabela Antunes, Portugal
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Avril Kettle, United Kingdom
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Gauthy Valerie, Belgium
stop this !
stop this !
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Caestecker Laurent, Belgium
stop this !
stop this !
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Tom Baker, Arizona
Ms. Darm, today in the age of the internet, millions of people will find out about what you are allowing to happen.
Ms. Darm, today in the age of the internet, millions of people will find out about what you are allowing to happen.
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Kathleen Cole, Ohio
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Biljana Djeric, Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Erin Gray, South Africa
The problem with the lack of salmon is humans not sea lions. They are the original hunter of salmon as nature and the ecosystem intended. what should be taken out of the equation are humans hunting salmon when we already have more than enough farmed fish to survive on. and realistically will anyone starve without salmon on their table or is it just a luxury that people could live without.
The problem with the lack of salmon is humans not sea lions. They are the original hunter of salmon as nature and the ecosystem intended. what should be taken out of the equation are humans hunting salmon when we already have more than enough farmed fish to survive on. and realistically will anyone starve without salmon on their table or is it just a luxury that people could live without.
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Gobbe E, Belgium
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Mervi Rantala, Finland
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Christelle Conti, France
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Jennifer Schillizzi, New Jersey
These are beautiful creatures who deserve to live. Killing them is wrong, and it's an act of cowardice. The numbers speak for themselves, it's time we humans took responsibility for our part in the decline of salmon, and stop blaming innocent animals who are just trying to stay alive. You have the power to take the appropriate measures that WILL fix the problem, rather than placing the blame where it doesn't belong, and calls for the MURDER of FEDERALLY PROTECTED SEA LIONS! Please look within your heart and do the right thing!
These are beautiful creatures who deserve to live. Killing them is wrong, and it's an act of cowardice. The numbers speak for themselves, it's time we humans took responsibility for our part in the decline of salmon, and stop blaming innocent animals who are just trying to stay alive. You have the power to take the appropriate measures that WILL fix the problem, rather than placing the blame where it doesn't belong, and calls for the MURDER of FEDERALLY PROTECTED SEA LIONS! Please look within your heart and do the right thing!
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Thomas Vincze, New York
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Claire Decock, Oregon
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Me B., California
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Shannon Canada, Georgia
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Dawn-Marie Dugan, Texas
This is the easy answer, not the right one. "The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow. " -Dian Fossey
This is the easy answer, not the right one. "The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow. " -Dian Fossey