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Posted: Mar 10 2010 11:56 am

are people still stupid? or is it just me?

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Portland, Ore. — Wildlife officials have tried everything to keep sea lions from eating endangered salmon, dropping bombs that explode under water and firing rubber bullets and bean bags from shotguns and boats. Now they are resorting to issuing death sentences to the most chronic offenders.

A California sea lion last week became the first salmon predator to be euthanized this year under a program that has been denounced by those who say there are far greater dangers to salmon — including the series of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia.

This is the second year of the program, which is administered by wildlife officials in Oregon and Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Last year, 11 sea lions were euthanized. Another four were transferred to zoos or aquariums.

http://current.com/items/92303882_sea-lions-killed-for-eating-protected-fish.htm
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http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/mar/09/sea-lions-killed-eating-protected-fish/

Posted: Mar 10 2010 12:16 pm

*sigh* Humans are such control freaks... Sad

Posted: Mar 10 2010 12:27 pm

Can we find a way to convert sea lion carcasses to electricity? That might solve two problems at once.

Posted: Mar 10 2010 12:54 pm

Welcome to Oregon my friends. Their bleeding heart hippyness is really starting to get out of control up there.

Posted: Mar 10 2010 02:24 pm

Pandajuice wrote:

Welcome to Oregon my friends. Their bleeding heart hippyness is really starting to get out of control up there.

knyte, is this true?

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Laws are laws...even Sea Lions must abide by them. Arr!! Arr!!

Posted: Mar 10 2010 02:42 pm

Always wondered why they call them sea "lions." They look like black labrador retrievers to me.

Posted: Mar 10 2010 03:52 pm

Circle of life, yo.

Posted: Mar 10 2010 03:58 pm

The-Excel wrote:

Circle of life, yo.

Apparently the circle of life now includes depth-charges and riot-control beanbag shotguns.

Damn, I should have been a marine biologist.

Posted: Mar 10 2010 04:11 pm

They have the same problem with them here in Washington, I always figured that if the salmon can't hang then fuck em, we should stop trying to manhandle nature. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mar 10 2010 04:56 pm

And these sea lions are supposed to know these fish are protected how?

Posted: Mar 10 2010 05:12 pm

Because it's the law. Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it. If they have a problem with that, they are entitled to legal representation in a court of law provided by the state if they cannot afford it themselves.

Posted: Mar 10 2010 07:33 pm

The-Excel wrote:

Because it's the law. Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it. If they have a problem with that, they are entitled to legal representation in a court of law provided by the state if they cannot afford it themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trial

Posted: Mar 10 2010 07:35 pm

Fucking sealions, it's about damn time they get what they deserve. It's been a long time coming.

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Mar 10 2010 07:38 pm

If there are a lot of sea lions, and not a lot of fish, I honestly don't see how this is "stupid".

How is this different from hunting to thin down a deer population in an area where human development has driven away the predators?

Posted: Mar 10 2010 09:26 pm

Blackout wrote:

The-Excel wrote:

Because it's the law. Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it. If they have a problem with that, they are entitled to legal representation in a court of law provided by the state if they cannot afford it themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trial

In the United States and its territories, I mean. Does United States code have any provisions for conducting animal trials?

Though I have to wonder how the people of medieval Europe managed to keep a straight face as they put insects on trial.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

IceWarm wrote:

And these sea lions are supposed to know these fish are protected how?

If they can balance a fucking ball on their nose, they can fucking learn not to eat these fish.

Posted: Mar 10 2010 09:55 pm

Doddsino wrote:

IceWarm wrote:

And these sea lions are supposed to know these fish are protected how?

If they can balance a fucking ball on their nose, they can fucking learn not to eat these fish.

Checkmate.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

You can't tell an animal who has eaten those certain fish his whole fucking existence that it's bad to eat the fish. Species need to die out, and Sea Lions are a fuckload cuter than any fish.

Title: Alexz Aficionado Joined: May 21 2008 Posts: 2889

"I've read the book, and you've read the book, but has the lion read the book?"

Posted: Mar 11 2010 01:58 pm

What.....the fuck.

I hate Oregon much more now.

Joined: Feb 22 2010 Posts: 351

Fuck you Sea Rion

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU DORPHIN AND WHARE!

Posted: Mar 12 2010 03:13 pm

LowEndLem wrote:

What.....the fuck.

I hate Oregon much more now.

Blasphemy. As a native and current resident of Oregon, how dare you. I've been to the dams. The sea lions huddle around the bypasses set up for the salmon, which are bottlenecks, and can eat to their heart's content. It's like eating fish in a barrel. Down with the sea lion!