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2 Salmon-Eating Sea Lions
Killed at Bonneville Dam

by Associated Press
Seattle Times, April 6, 2012

California sea lions consuming salmon just below the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam. (U.S. Corps of Engineers photo) PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Washington state wildlife spokesman says two salmon-eating California sea lions have been captured this week at Bonneville Dam and killed by lethal injection.

The Oregonian reports the deaths are the first this year after a federal judge ruled last month the program could proceed.

Washington Fish and Wildlife spokesman Craig Bartlett says the sea lions were captured Tuesday.

The killings are limited to California sea lions documented as targeting spring chinook or steelhead near Bonneville, the first dam the returning fish encounter on their run up the Columbia River.

The sea lions also must return to the dam despite nonlethal hazing and be spotted nearby for at least five days, though the days can accumulate over several years.

The Humane Society of the United States has filed suit in an effort to permanently end the sea lion killings.

Related Sites:
NOAA Authorizes States To Remove Sea Lions That Threaten Protected Salmon ENews Park Forest, 3/15/12

Related Pages:
Social Media Campaign Urges Kids to Help Beleaguered Sea Lions by Sandy McElhaney, Examiner 4/14/12
www.bluefish.org / ecologic / predation / sea lions


Associated Press
2 Salmon-Eating Sea Lions Killed at Bonneville Dam
Seattle Times, April 6, 2012

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