Feds Give Authorization to San Diego to Wipe Out the Seals..

Feds Give Authorization to San Diego to
Wipe Out the Seals in LaJolla, California
Date: 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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On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:57:25 +0100, "pearl" <tea RemoveThis @signguestbook.ie> wrote:

>Feds Give Authorization to San Diego to
>Wipe Out the Seals in LaJolla, California
>Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:01:14 -0700
[...]
>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.

Sounds like they want to prevent pups from having horrible
deaths due to the dredging, and whatever else would come
after that. I guess it's not too surprising that "ARAs" want to
make seals suffer through it all.