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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...
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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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# 2,850:
2:41 am PDT, May 15, ROSE THEVENET, United Kingdom
I URGE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY REPEAL YOUR AGENCY'S APPROVAL TO KILL THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS.SEA LIONS ARE NOT THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF SALMON DECLINE,DAMS,HABITAT AND HUMANS ARE.!!!!!!!
# 2,849:
2:19 am PDT, May 15, Sonal M Vishnoei, India
Try to look into the real cause, in India we say when you are blaming others first look at yourself, in this case human is at fault and your are killing the sea lions who are just working on the basis of food chain created by God and God keeps everything in balance. So please do not disturbe it.
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2:09 am PDT, May 15, AURELIA FARNEAULT, France
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10:57 pm PDT, May 14, Jenny Christensen, California
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10:42 pm PDT, May 14, Kirstin Schnepp, Washington
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10:07 pm PDT, May 14, Name not displayed, Michigan
Animals always pay a sad price for humans stupidity. An entire society of compassionate, humane humans=sadly a far away concept. Help the sea lions as they aren't at fault here...humans are.
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9:51 pm PDT, May 14, Ned Overton, New York
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9:34 pm PDT, May 14, Karen Pearlman, California
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9:30 pm PDT, May 14, Michele Dye, California
ARE YOU KIDDING? You're going to "fix" the salmon problem by killing more innocent creatures? The sea lions did not cause the salmon population issue, YOU DID with OVERFISHING. Sea lions don't kill more than they can eat, do you fish with the same motto? No, you kill thousands at a time. You want to kill the sea lions because they are your competition! Stop this sickness.
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9:28 pm PDT, May 14, Joanne Sevigny, Canada
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7:02 pm PDT, May 14, Hillary Endorf, Ohio
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6:53 pm PDT, May 14, Penphorn Toskulkao, Thailand
Sea lions are pretty and live in the nature. the sea lion killing plan is not so due.
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6:53 pm PDT, May 14, Alicia Villar, Canada
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