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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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# 3,400:
12:16 pm PDT, Jul 28,
Susan Phoenix, Washington
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1:15 pm PDT, Jul 26,
Andrea Laurie Alnwick, New York
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3:15 am PDT, Jul 26,
Diane Felci, New Jersey
STOP THE KILLING OF SEA LIONS!!!
STOP THE KILLING OF SEA LIONS!!!
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9:38 pm PDT, Jul 25,
Jamie Richards, Massachusetts
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Clémence BOLLET, France
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Dylon Moyle, Australia
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5:22 pm PDT, Jul 24,
Darren Tortoise Protection, United Kingdom
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12:54 pm PDT, Jul 24,
Name not displayed, California
STOP THIS NOW!!!
STOP THIS NOW!!!
# 3,378:
11:05 am PDT, Jul 24,
AUSTIN KENDALL, Florida
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11:00 am PDT, Jul 24,
Angela Chamberlain, Wisconsin
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7:29 am PDT, Jul 24,
Dawn Smoke, Canada
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1:30 am PDT, Jul 24,
Bronwyn Hughes, Australia
Please let the Sea Lions live. Humans are the problem!
Please let the Sea Lions live. Humans are the problem!
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8:22 pm PDT, Jul 23,
Taraneh Sodoma, Washington
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5:23 pm PDT, Jul 23,
Michelle Malchow, New York
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10:50 am PDT, Jul 23,
William Dusold, Maryland
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7:01 am PDT, Jul 23,
Barbara Freitas, Florida
ROUND UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS! WE AND OUR BEHAVIOR HAVE LED TO THE SALMON DELCINES, JUST AS WE "ENGINEERED" THE ATLANTIC SALMON EXTINCTION. LET THE SEA LIONS LIVE. ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT SALMON DECIMATION.
ROUND UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS! WE AND OUR BEHAVIOR HAVE LED TO THE SALMON DELCINES, JUST AS WE "ENGINEERED" THE ATLANTIC SALMON EXTINCTION. LET THE SEA LIONS LIVE. ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT SALMON DECIMATION.
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6:56 pm PDT, Jul 22,
Mario Carson, Washington
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5:47 pm PDT, Jul 22,
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3:28 pm PDT, Jul 22,
Roberto Orellana, Chile
estoy en desacuerdo esto es realmnete una tontera matar animales inocentes
estoy en desacuerdo esto es realmnete una tontera matar animales inocentes
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2:07 pm PDT, Jul 22,
JOSSIE A ROSS, Canada
STOP !!NOW!! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS........
STOP !!NOW!! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS........
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5:24 am PDT, Jul 22,
May Ahmed, Egypt
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Johanna Oksanen, Finland
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Maximillion Music, California
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Billie Menier, Louisiana
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Kimberly Word, Ohio
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4:28 pm PDT, Jul 21,
Donna Axler, New Mexico
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%. 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. Sincerely, Donna Axler
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%. 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. Sincerely, Donna Axler
# 3,360:
7:56 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Sandy Valencour, Washington
I also read what they thought happened to these sea lions. However, they still need to be protected. They are part of the food system and as far as I have seen in my 63 years, only humans manage to screw up the food chain at several levels.
I also read what they thought happened to these sea lions. However, they still need to be protected. They are part of the food system and as far as I have seen in my 63 years, only humans manage to screw up the food chain at several levels.
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4:15 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Justin Forte, California
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1:45 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Kerry Woodham, United Kingdom
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9:10 am PDT, Jul 20,
JAY A, Virginia
please do the right thing!
please do the right thing!
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8:33 am PDT, Jul 20,
JOYCE ROOKER, Virginia
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Crystal Jack, Florida
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Sandra Angeline, California