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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”!
# 3,150:
3:47 pm PDT, Jun 3, Rena Feng, Washington
# 3,149:
3:29 pm PDT, Jun 3, Pirjo Sundqvist, Sweden
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9:03 am PDT, Jun 3, Alex Wilson, California
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8:30 am PDT, Jun 3, Alice Olivo, Italy
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7:00 pm PDT, Jun 2, Brenda Lawson, California
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4:09 pm PDT, Jun 2, Michael Neary, Florida
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3:44 pm PDT, Jun 2, Name not displayed, New York
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3:22 pm PDT, Jun 2, Rachael Price, United Kingdom
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8:28 am PDT, Jun 2, Jacqueline Robinson, Georgia
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7:20 am PDT, Jun 2, Ulrike Werner, Germany
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8:00 pm PDT, Jun 1, Teresa Smith, Arizona
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3:51 pm PDT, Jun 1, Joyce Jacobson, Pennsylvania
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3:49 pm PDT, Jun 1, Gretchen Roberts, New York
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11:33 am PDT, Jun 1, Gypsy Bandita, Texas
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11:23 am PDT, Jun 1, Brad King, Florida
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5:08 am PDT, Jun 1, Truus Gadellaa, Netherlands
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9:23 pm PDT, May 31, Kristi Knotts, California
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8:30 pm PDT, May 31, Amanda Smith, Arizona
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3:24 pm PDT, May 31, Shannon Miller, Pennsylvania
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1:39 pm PDT, May 31, Karen Campbell, California
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10:56 am PDT, May 31, Doreen Mann, Maine
I apose this plan. THey may eat some of the salmon but I don't think they can eat them all. This is crazy.
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10:18 am PDT, May 31, Ron Avila, California
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9:42 am PDT, May 31, Jen Kruse, New Mexico
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8:19 am PDT, May 31, Barbara Tatti, Italy
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8:06 am PDT, May 31, Cindy Bartlett, California
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8:00 am PDT, May 31, Naohisa French, California
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7:42 am PDT, May 31, Tatiana Costa, Brazil
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6:17 am PDT, May 31, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
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5:57 am PDT, May 31, Eileen Anderson, Ohio
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9:52 pm PDT, May 30, Kathy Babice, Florida
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7:36 pm PDT, May 30, Audrey Oneil, Mississippi
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7:22 pm PDT, May 30, Diana Ely, Ohio
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6:47 pm PDT, May 30, Melanie Leary, Texas
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4:16 pm PDT, May 30, Patrick Amori, New York
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3:39 pm PDT, May 30, Wendy Hawkes, Delaware
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12:46 pm PDT, May 30, Theresa Nickey, Maryland
I greatly appose this plan to kill the sea lions, try another way to protect the salmon, for christ's sake.
# 3,114:
9:47 am PDT, May 30, Marjo Luoma, Finland
# 3,113:
6:54 am PDT, May 30, Jacqueline Loud, West Virginia
Every animal has the right to live as nature intends.
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11:49 pm PDT, May 29, Melinda Burson, California
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9:43 pm PDT, May 29, KIM RYDER, Florida
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7:55 pm PDT, May 29, Peter Holzberger, Wisconsin
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1:38 pm PDT, May 29, Jasmin Ghosh, United Kingdom
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1:08 pm PDT, May 29, Saajida Moosa, South Africa
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11:26 am PDT, May 29, Christy Beck, Pennsylvania
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7:42 am PDT, May 29, Brian Smith, Missouri
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2:47 am PDT, May 29, Diva Muni, India
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11:14 pm PDT, May 28, Ina Impresia, New York
That is quite an interesting question! I oppose it because we shouldn't destroy nature and animals! When everything dies we can't eat money!
# 3,103:
9:24 pm PDT, May 28, Anne Poling, Ohio
Apparently sea lions aren't the main cause of endangered salmon. Humans are. How pathetic.
# 3,102:
6:52 pm PDT, May 28, Mel Skluzacek, New York
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5:32 pm PDT, May 28, Chris Anas, California
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