Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed in Oregon
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - 17:07
in Biology & Nature
(AP) -- 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. But the Columbia River region is big enough, and parts of it are wild and isolated enough, to hide many sins.
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