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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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# 3,450:
11:05 am PDT, Aug 8,
Angela Yearian, Illinois
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3:29 am PDT, Aug 8,
Tereza Boreckova, Czech Republic
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10:37 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Angela VanCleve, Florida
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Stacy Samson, Oklahoma
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Linsey Cicchetto, Maine
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3:38 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Claudia Monroy, Mexico
# 3,443:
1:57 pm PDT, Aug 6,
Lynne Levine, New York
Kill the dams, not the sea lions!!!!
Kill the dams, not the sea lions!!!!
# 3,442:
11:24 am PDT, Aug 6,
Shelly ., Washington
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7:25 am PDT, Aug 6,
Ana Platon, Romania
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10:16 am PDT, Aug 5,
Sarah Manthey, Ohio
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Danielle Jensen, Missouri
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12:15 am PDT, Aug 5,
Timea Melinda Kovacs, Romania
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12:09 am PDT, Aug 5,
Mateja Zerjal, Slovenia
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12:10 pm PDT, Aug 4,
Nicole Imhof, Germany
# 3,435:
11:18 am PDT, Aug 4,
Heather Wolf, Washington
# 3,434:
7:18 am PDT, Aug 4,
Samantha Banner, United Kingdom
STOP THE KILLINGS!!!! SAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS!!!!
STOP THE KILLINGS!!!! SAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS!!!!
# 3,433:
10:16 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Joanne D. Ferguson, Ohio
# 3,432:
9:42 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Shondrea Davis, California
It's a shame that these gentle and harmless creatures are being targeted for doing what's only natural for them to do in their own habitat.
It's a shame that these gentle and harmless creatures are being targeted for doing what's only natural for them to do in their own habitat.
# 3,431:
2:16 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Renee Evans, Utah
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Le Thanh Quyen, Viet Nam
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Annelies Ooms, Belgium
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5:14 am PDT, Aug 3,
Stephanie Lessard, New Hampshire
# 3,427:
1:59 am PDT, Aug 3,
Sean Noyes, Finland
As an American in Finland, us eeco-safe fishing trchniques, make the dams easier for the salmon to navigate, and your sea lion worries will lessen considerably. But in any event, STOP THE Killing at all costs.
As an American in Finland, us eeco-safe fishing trchniques, make the dams easier for the salmon to navigate, and your sea lion worries will lessen considerably. But in any event, STOP THE Killing at all costs.
# 3,426:
10:29 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Maria Oniga, Romania
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Laurel Watson, Arizona
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Elena Gageanu, Romania
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Henk Ahrue van Grootveld, Netherlands
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Raymond Linnastruth, California
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Jessica Cox, Tennessee
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Rachel Hodge, North Carolina
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Kathy Rau, California
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Antonia Mayol Ferrer, Spain
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11:02 pm PDT, Jul 29,
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Salmon are found in low quantities because of human-made disasters. It is wrong to kill animals living in nature simply to suit humans' selfish fishing needs.
Salmon are found in low quantities because of human-made disasters. It is wrong to kill animals living in nature simply to suit humans' selfish fishing needs.
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9:26 pm PDT, Jul 29,
Michele Gangemi, New Jersey
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Christine Rounds, Kansas
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Angela Rhodes, Greece
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NUGOLI AURORE, France
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Marina Payne, Oregon
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Eric Tranter, United Kingdom