US Sea Lion Culling? Oregon Reviews Petition To Move Or Kill Sea Lions
January 31, 2007 @ 10:02 AM (EST)
Source: Theolympian.com
The federal government will consider a petition by three states to remove or kill troublesome sea lions in order to protect endangered salmon and steelhead headed upriver through Bonneville Dam to Columbia and Snake river spawning grounds.
The action applies to fish protected by the federal Endangered Species Act, which includes about a dozen Columbia and Snake river fish populations, Brian Gorman, spokesman for the NOAA Fisheries Service, said Tuesday...
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