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By a Whisker
Northwest sea lions granted stay of execution |
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24 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:03 PM on 24 Apr 2008 Sea lions all set to gobble their last salmon supper at a Northwest dam have been granted a stay of execution by a U.S. appeals court. Judges granted an injunction, requested by the Humane Society, that a lower court had denied last week. It's only a partial victory for the Humane Society, however, as the court did OK the transfer of the whiskery rascals to zoos and aquariums; state officials planned to ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, dams, endangered species, litigation, news, Oregon, Washington (all these topics) |
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Lions' Humane
Judge denies Humane Society injunction, OKs sea-lion trapping |
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17 Apr 2008 |
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| 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 ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, dams, endangered species, litigation, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Oregon, Washington (all these topics) |
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