Feds To Wipe Out The Seals in LaJolla, California

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Feds Give Authorization to San Diego to Wipe Out the

Seals in LaJolla, California

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:01:14 -0700

 

Feds Give Authorization to San Diego to Wipe Out the

Seals in LaJolla,

California

 

 

The Seal Haters have won a victory in San

Diego and the

National

Marine Fisheries Service has given written

authorization to the City of

San

Diego to remove the the seals off the beach at La

Jolla permanently

under

Section 109(h) of the MMPA. The City has apparently

told NMFS they

want

permanent removal of the seals. No permit will be

required, and

removal

could begin tomorrow. NMFS suggested in strong terms

that if the City

was

planning to do the dredging during the pupping season,

the seals should

be

gotten rid of by November 1. The written

authorization from NMFS was

planned, in collusion with City officials, on

September 16th in a

closed

meeting in Long Beach.

 

This means that the last seal rookery in

Southern

California has

been removed to make way for the convenience of more

people.

 

According to marine mammal scientist Jim

Hudnall, " The use

of

109(h) to authorize the destruction of an entire seal

rookery is absurd

and

probably illegal, but obviously in keeping with the

times and the rogue

nature of our current Federal and City government.

The question is,

what do

we do about this? My suggestion: start screaming, any

way you know how.

Be

sure you are well armed with documents for the media.

I have the

pertinent

letters, and will give/send copies immediately as you

request.

 

If you are interested in helping the seals of LaJolla

survive please

contact

Jim Hudnall of the Save-Our-Seals Coalition at

858-692-4840

 

Captain Paul Watson has visited the seals in LaJolla

and found them to

be a

remarkable experience, especially for children.

" Surely, " he said, " you

would think that our society could spare just one

patch of beach for

the

seals. We have taken so much from them for so long. Is

there no limit

to our

greed and our contempt for the rights of other

species? "

 

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