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Judge denies Humane Society injunction, OKs sea-lion trapping

Posted at 12:41 PM on 17 Apr 2008

Denying an injunction sought by the Humane Society, a federal judge has given the go-ahead to Oregon and Washington state officials to trap and kill salmon-gobbling sea lions near the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam. The animal-rights group sued after the National Marine Fisheries Service OK'd sea-lion culling last month. An official hearing on the Humane Society lawsuit could be held as early as mid-May, although sea-lion trapping, which could start next week, will likely be over by then.

sources: The Oregonian, Associated Press

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very sad development

Human beings want as much hydro-electric power as they can squeeze out of the Columbia River, but then they want there to be plentiful salmon too; and then they punish the poor sea lions if it does not work out.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

by caniscandida at 10:48 AM on 18 Apr 2008

Ban Sea Lions from the Columbia River

There are about 300,000 Sea Lions on the West Coast. We don't need 1,000 of tehem in the Columbia River eating endangered Salmon.

by bobmaginnis at 10:53 AM on 18 Apr 2008

humans are awesome

So because we can't get a handle on our seafood consumption, we have to kill sea lions so they don't eat the limited amount of Salmon left? Nice. We are super smart.

by krlk27 at 12:13 PM on 18 Apr 2008

People versus sealions

Who do you think will win!We have damed up the Columbia river,which in turn doesn't allow salmon to migrate to breeding streams and then we want to punish the sealion for doing what nature intended.That is insane.We are wiping out salmon and sealions and not taking any of the blame on ourselves.Crazy!!

Why not ask why!?

by usandthem at 9:11 AM on 19 Apr 2008

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