Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed near Bonneville Dam

“I don't think many people are losing much sleep over the deaths”

There's "protected" on paper and there's "protected" on the river. Under a 1972 federal law, certain species of sea lion cannot be harmed. via Statesman Journal

[johanson]

Heat exhaustion is the official cause of death for the sea lions. I wonder if we will see another blog pointing this out and apologize to fishermen.