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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”!

# 3,100:

4:53 pm PDT, May 28, Toni Yarbrough, North Carolina

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4:02 pm PDT, May 28, Greta Malkotzoglou, Greece

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3:08 pm PDT, May 28, Alison P, California

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3:07 pm PDT, May 28, Andreas Eggler, Switzerland

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3:07 pm PDT, May 28, Ratchuda Eggler, Switzerland

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3:05 pm PDT, May 28, Stéphanie ROSSENU, France

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3:04 pm PDT, May 28, Mandane Vanessa, France

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3:04 pm PDT, May 28, Rachel Rosenzweig, Massachusetts

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3:03 pm PDT, May 28, Devan Schlueter, Minnesota

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3:01 pm PDT, May 28, Ena E, South Carolina
all animals deseve to be left alone. not killed

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2:57 pm PDT, May 28, RAY Vel, Netherlands

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2:52 pm PDT, May 28, Anita Donka, Hungary

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2:50 pm PDT, May 28, Daniel Kraus, Maryland

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2:24 pm PDT, May 28, Kristen Callahan, California

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11:12 am PDT, May 28, DAWN CULLIN, New York

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10:43 am PDT, May 28, John Sodrel, Indiana

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9:29 am PDT, May 28, Jessica Ogden, New York

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4:15 am PDT, May 28, Kit Chang, Massachusetts

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8:35 pm PDT, May 27, Jeanette Jones, Texas

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7:46 pm PDT, May 27, Danielle LeBoeuf, Florida

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4:44 pm PDT, May 27, Steve Conrad, Missouri
Sea Lions kill fewer salmon and steelhead than do the dams we erected on the rivers. If you want to decrease the number of fish killed then lets pull down the dams.

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3:45 pm PDT, May 27, Melanie Salvat, Puerto Rico

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3:08 pm PDT, May 27, Advo Schaefer, Arizona

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3:00 pm PDT, May 27, Louisa Bravo, California
Killing Sea Lions doesn't make any sense. The same time and money used for this killing plan could have been better used for salmon/steelhead studies, perhaps modifying dams or adding features to protect the fish populations. Let's use our heads people, not just kill what gets in our way.

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2:50 pm PDT, May 27, Adrian Tremayne, New York
Killing seems to always be the "answer" when man feels he's in conflict with a part of nature. There are other ways to deal with the perceived problems. If sea lions need federal protection (which they do) it is irresponsible to kill them for any reason.

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11:22 am PDT, May 27, Lisa Medina, Michigan

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6:44 am PDT, May 27, Janis Ciofalo, New York

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4:36 am PDT, May 27, Vidya Sims, California

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4:18 am PDT, May 27, Wendelle So, Philippines

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1:02 am PDT, May 27, Erik Alexander, Virginia

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12:03 am PDT, May 27, Richard Angelo, India
YOU BEING A WOMAN, SHOULD HAVE THE NORMAL COMPASSIONATE, SENSITIVE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER. GOD HAS PUT YOU IN THE POSITION OF POWER TO STOP KILLERS - DECIDE ON GOD'S BLESSING OVER MAN'S EVIL.

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7:10 pm PDT, May 26, Lorie Ropp, California

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5:10 pm PDT, May 26, L Pitner, Illinois

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4:06 pm PDT, May 26, MEGAN MASKA, Pennsylvania

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1:59 pm PDT, May 26, Julie Kleinert, Utah

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1:50 pm PDT, May 26, Judith Beall, California

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12:25 pm PDT, May 26, Marie C Torres, Florida

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11:20 am PDT, May 26, Dawn Cziraki, Florida

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8:44 am PDT, May 26, Harry Rebhuhn, California

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6:10 am PDT, May 26, Mary Costello, Illinois

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4:57 am PDT, May 26, Sarah Clarke, United Kingdom

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3:59 am PDT, May 26, J Roberts, Oregon

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6:52 pm PDT, May 25, Lisa Spirito, California

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5:59 pm PDT, May 25, Silpa Solorio, Texas
I oppose this 100%!!! You must protect our animals and not hurt them!

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4:02 pm PDT, May 25, Mary Lynch, Pennsylvania

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3:43 pm PDT, May 25, Vira Moroz, Ohio
Sea lions have every right to live on this planet and should not be punished with their lives because they are trying to eat to survive. Stop the war on wildlife for the sake of profit and poorly planned wildlife management looking for a quick solution.

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3:31 pm PDT, May 25, Joan Alexander, Florida

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2:47 pm PDT, May 25, Melissa Rudolph, Illinois

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12:31 pm PDT, May 25, Barbara Rurale, Italy

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7:21 am PDT, May 25, Angela Ciola, Italy

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