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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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# 2,800:
12:28 pm PDT, May 14,
Jordan Longman, Connecticut
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11:52 am PDT, May 14,
Reyna Mendoza, California
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11:05 am PDT, May 14,
Ashley Galindo, Texas
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10:20 am PDT, May 14,
Helen Escobar, Illinois
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9:22 am PDT, May 14,
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# 2,795:
8:27 am PDT, May 14,
Barbara Wood, Pennsylvania
I am an active advocate of animal rights and am a volunteer as well as a member of the Pennsylvania SPCA. I also am a contributing member of Defenders of Wildlife, ASPCA, PETA and The Humane Society of the United States, among others. I find it appalling that as stunning a creature as the sea lion is being considered to be slaughtered at Bonneville Dam. This truly upsets me and I believe there is a much more humane solution to the salmon decline than destroying sea lions. Please consider this viewpoint. I would certainly appreciate it. Thank you for listening to me.
I am an active advocate of animal rights and am a volunteer as well as a member of the Pennsylvania SPCA. I also am a contributing member of Defenders of Wildlife, ASPCA, PETA and The Humane Society of the United States, among others. I find it appalling that as stunning a creature as the sea lion is being considered to be slaughtered at Bonneville Dam. This truly upsets me and I believe there is a much more humane solution to the salmon decline than destroying sea lions. Please consider this viewpoint. I would certainly appreciate it. Thank you for listening to me.
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8:12 am PDT, May 14,
Amanisha Mead, Michigan
# 2,793:
7:51 am PDT, May 14,
Lori Reeves, Rhode Island
# 2,792:
7:27 am PDT, May 14,
Kirsty Reilly, United Kingdom
It is so wrong on so many levels! These animals deserve a life as much as we do!
It is so wrong on so many levels! These animals deserve a life as much as we do!
# 2,791:
6:13 am PDT, May 14,
Dorah Caulfield, Florida
Killing Sea Lions to protect Salmon?? I think anyone who kills a sea lion, needs to have the samething done to them. they aren't the threat to salmon, HUMANS are! Careless humans are the ones who are destroying the habitats.
Killing Sea Lions to protect Salmon?? I think anyone who kills a sea lion, needs to have the samething done to them. they aren't the threat to salmon, HUMANS are! Careless humans are the ones who are destroying the habitats.
# 2,790:
4:58 am PDT, May 14,
Jonathan Nash, New York
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4:22 am PDT, May 14,
Terry L. west, West Virginia
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4:03 am PDT, May 14,
Katherine Garland, Pennsylvania
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Linda Bonura, Louisiana
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Helena Dijkstra, Netherlands
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2:11 am PDT, May 14,
Heather Murphy, United Kingdom
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Krishn Rawat, India
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Kristine Nielsen, Denmark
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12:48 am PDT, May 14,
Ananska Andrea, Puerto Rico
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12:13 am PDT, May 14,
Vicki Eighmey, Wisconsin
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%. view more The Marine Mammal Protection Act Section 120 allows NMFS to grant permission to states to kill individually identifiable sea lions and seals that are having a "significant negative impact" on endangered salmon. Yet your agency's plan to increase the 2008 fishing quota from 9% to 12% will have a far greater negative impact on returning salmon and steelhead than current sea lion predation. I strongly urge you to reverse your agency's decision to allow sea lions to be killed under the guise of protecting salmon. Please focus your agency's time and energy on addressing the real threats to our endangered salmon, which are dams, habitat loss and human activity. view less Sincerely, Vicki Eighmey
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%. view more The Marine Mammal Protection Act Section 120 allows NMFS to grant permission to states to kill individually identifiable sea lions and seals that are having a "significant negative impact" on endangered salmon. Yet your agency's plan to increase the 2008 fishing quota from 9% to 12% will have a far greater negative impact on returning salmon and steelhead than current sea lion predation. I strongly urge you to reverse your agency's decision to allow sea lions to be killed under the guise of protecting salmon. Please focus your agency's time and energy on addressing the real threats to our endangered salmon, which are dams, habitat loss and human activity. view less Sincerely, Vicki Eighmey
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7:14 pm PDT, May 13,
Coyote Buckthorn, California
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Holly Zahoor, Florida
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M Busch, New Jersey
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SHARRON STROM, Texas
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5:51 pm PDT, May 13,
Helen B. Decker, California
Please stop this slaughter. This is scapegoating the sea lions in order to not deal with the real, pervasive issues. Please, please do not do this. It is unworthy the trust that Americans place in you. I believe that you have the character to do better.
Please stop this slaughter. This is scapegoating the sea lions in order to not deal with the real, pervasive issues. Please, please do not do this. It is unworthy the trust that Americans place in you. I believe that you have the character to do better.
# 2,775:
5:40 pm PDT, May 13,
Chip Waldron, Texas
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5:40 pm PDT, May 13,
Lori Wojciechowski, Florida
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Christina Fermin, Florida
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Nikki Schmitt, New Jersey
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Elizabeth Greenawald, Ohio
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Marni Linton, Canada
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Amy Aversa, New York
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Billie He, California
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Emma Olvio, Utah
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3:50 pm PDT, May 13,
B.A. Pieplow-Galey, Texas
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3:36 pm PDT, May 13,
Shaina Watters, Pennsylvania
No animals are more important than another specie.They dont harm anyone or anything ,and they dserve to live killing them is wrong.WE NEED TO PROTECT SEA LIONS NOW.
No animals are more important than another specie.They dont harm anyone or anything ,and they dserve to live killing them is wrong.WE NEED TO PROTECT SEA LIONS NOW.
# 2,763:
3:08 pm PDT, May 13,
John H. Pieper, Minnesota
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Domika Jackson, California
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Donna Pulliam, Virginia
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Jaron Tenzin Dawa Montemayor, Missouri
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Fernanda De La Torre, Argentina
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12:45 pm PDT, May 13,
Rhiannon Helmick, West Virginia
# 2,757:
12:38 pm PDT, May 13,
Dawn Velez, Wisconsin
No animal has any more right to live on this planet than any other. As the supposedly most intelligent one, it is our responsibility to protect those who cannot speak for themselves. Stop needless killing now!
No animal has any more right to live on this planet than any other. As the supposedly most intelligent one, it is our responsibility to protect those who cannot speak for themselves. Stop needless killing now!
# 2,756:
12:37 pm PDT, May 13,
Abby Sanderson, South Dakota
# 2,755:
12:34 pm PDT, May 13,
Gena Grossman, California
We should not be brutally killing one species of animals to try to save another species. This is not the solution. Please work to come up with another solution that doesn't involve killing animals.
We should not be brutally killing one species of animals to try to save another species. This is not the solution. Please work to come up with another solution that doesn't involve killing animals.
# 2,754:
12:29 pm PDT, May 13,
Miriam Brueggeman, California
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12:21 pm PDT, May 13,
Nancy Pierce, Colorado
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12:07 pm PDT, May 13,
Christopher Dupee, Vermont
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11:56 am PDT, May 13,
Jody Lien, Minnesota