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Sea lions shot dead on Columbia River
Six federally protected sea lions were apparently shot to death on the Columbia River as they lay in open traps put out to ensnare the animals. State and federal authorities are investigating.
The discovery came one day after three elephant seals were found shot to death at a breeding ground in central California.
On Sunday, the carcasses of four California sea lions and two Steller sea lions were found below the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River on the border of Oregon and Washington.
The six animals found dead Sunday appear to have been shot by somebody on the Washington side during the night, said Brian Gorman, a spokesman for the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Two closed cages each contained the carcasses of two California sea lions and one Steller sea lion, he said.
Necropsies were planned for all the animals, and the area was being treated as a crime scene by state and federal agencies, Gorman said.
Investigators will try to determine whether there is any link between the animals killed Sunday on the Columbia River and the elephant seals killed Saturday near San Simeon in California, Gorman said.
Washington and Oregon have been granted federal authorization to capture or kill as many as 85 sea lions a year for five years at the base of the dam, where they feed on endangered salmon headed upriver to spawn.
Fishermen and American Indian tribes have pushed to protect the salmon and remove the sea lions, by lethal force if necessary, forcing a delicate balancing act by the federal government.
Seven California sea lions were trapped on the Columbia River starting April 24 after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals approved their capture. One died during a medical inspection before being transferred to a marine amusement park.
The Humane Society of the United States has gone to court to challenge the authorization, with another hearing set for May 8. Until a judge rules, no animals may be legally killed. Six federally protected sea lions were apparently shot to death on the Columbia River as they lay in open traps put out to ensnare the... more -
Polar Bears Endangered - Will US Follow Canada Lead on Polar Bear Decision ?
The Bush administration now faces a lawsuit to finally decide whether or not the Polar Bear is threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Bush administration now faces a lawsuit to finally decide whether or not the Polar Bear is threatened under the Endangered Species... more
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Save Alaskas Wolves - End Aerial Hunting of Wolves
Explosive new video blasts the justification for Alaskas current aerial wolf hunting program and rallies voters to end it. Using testimony from Alaska Department of Fish & Game staff, a master hunting guide, and Board of Game members, this video exposes the fallacy behind Governor Sarah Palins claim that predator control is based on sound science. Declarations that the program is for the benefit of subsistence hunters are shattered with documentation showing that sport and trophy hunters take up to 73% of prey in areas where aerial wolf hunting has taken place. End Aerial Wolf Hunting rallies support for H.R. 3663, legislation now being considered in the U.S. Congress which will close the loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act that has been exploited to allow this practice to continue. Five years in the making, this video exposes the truth about the stranglehold the hunting lobby has on wildlife management in Alaska.To sign the petition to help save Alaska's wolves go to www.savewolves.org Explosive new video blasts the justification for Alaskas current aerial wolf hunting program and rallies voters to end it. Using testi... more
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Gray Wolf Removed From Endangered Species List!
Gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains have been removed from the nation's list of endangered species, signaling a conservation success story. Or the premature end to needed protections. Or both, maybe. Gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains have been removed from the nation's list of endangered species, signaling a conservation s... more
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An Open Letter to Lush Rimbaugh - true "Excellence in Broadcasting"
An Open Letter to Lush Rimbaugh
Dear Lush,
I love watching your show or catching it on the radio. It sort of capsulizes the whole day's news for me. I used to have to contend with trying to get the REAL news of the day while still avoiding the heavily biased Mainstream Media every single day as I drove hither and yon. Now, however, I have figured out that everyone in our own corner of the world (Radio Rightyland) takes their cue from you and that they simply rehash what you’ve already said. That way, I don’t have to catch Sean Insanity, Michael “Silly” Savage, Jerry Boil, Lars Larceny, Laura Inbred, Michael Medhead, Mark “the voice” Levin and the rest of the people who warn us about those awful Liberals.
Sometimes, I can even skip watching the FAUX “News” Channel when you bless us with one of your real in-depth tirades.
Way back when you commented that those Abu Ghraib prison abuse pictures were just “bored kids having fun with a camera”, I couldn’t have agreed more.
I mean Rumsfeld's possession of those same pictures and his own pre-approved decision to skip the Geneva Convention guidelines was just because he had too much to do to sit down and go through a bunch of whiney reports from his own chain of command, Amnesty International and The International Red Cross in the months before the scandal broke in the Mainstream Media. People just don’t realize how busy Secretaries of Defense are under President Bush.
I especially loved that obvious mental giant, Timothy Hitchens, on your show that time when he was supposed to debate Michael Moore. I'm not entirely sure, but I think he narrowly defeated an absent Michael Moore at least on answering your questions and the sound byte editing of Moore's comments put even F-911 to shame as far as honest reporting goes. Well, I think that was your show but it could have been "Scarborough Country" (Oh, it really doesn't matter since you are usually the source for the rest of them.)
Lush, I know the GOP Platform states that Republicans are against the Endangered Species Act but I’d like to ask a favor, kind sir.
With your being "connected" in reality-based environmental circles and knowing so much about the hoax of global warming really being caused by Mount Pinatubo, I was wondering if you could check to see if any of the money we'll save when Republicans get the Endangered Species Act overturned could be used to help genetically engineer a fish that eats mercury before Tunas can get to it? I say that only because my wife and I love Tuna fish sandwiches almost as much as your maid loved oxycontin. Did you ever get her off that stuff?
You know also you might just check with your doctor to see if she might have been trying to poison you with oxycontin since high doses of it can cause hearing loss and you still have not determined why you lost your hearing. You never know what those illegal aliens will put in your food just because you report on their crossing the border without papers.
All in all, Lush, you simply can’t know how much I appreciate your capsulization of Rightyland for the whole day for me. You save me so much aggravation when I try to get all the bits and pieces from everywhere else. You are truly the “Host with the Most”!
All those terrible Liberals want to do is scream about how much of the earth they think the Republicans have been responsible for scorching and otherwise destroying each day.
Any time you'd like to have me on your show, I'd be honored to tape several hours of drivel while masquerading as some Liberal nut job and have you edit it to show just how awful they are.
Again, Lush, thank you for all you do!
Yours truly,
Ivan Norris “Ino” Fulwell
May George Bush bless you and keep you and cause his face to shine upon you and give you peace.
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1Billion Dollar Deal Would Scrap Klamath Dams
And finally bring back respect for the Native American tribes of California and Oregon as well as ending the destruction of salmon stocks and the poisoning of the Klamath Basin. And finally bring back respect for the Native American tribes of California and Oregon as well as ending the destruction of salmon sto... more
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