2 Salmon-Eating Sea Lions Killed at Bonneville Dam

[pianoman9701]

What gets me is the lethal injection. I've got your lethal injection hangin'! What the heck does that cost as compared to a .22mag to the whiskers? Please give me a break. This isn't a human murderer with more rights than you and me. This is future seal jerky. I'm willing to bet that the lethal injection is administered by a vet for a cost of around $1K per animal.  Thanks for letting me rant.

[gaddy]

this really seams like a NO BRAINER to me. With all the money going into salmon recovery & retention of existing runs it seems the most econimical route would be to shoot them & allow them to feed the ecosystems of the the area. A couple dollar round -VS- the cost of trapping & injecting ??

[MuleySniper]

They need to hit their quota this week before the Humane Society gets another court injunction to halt it.  Why don't they save everyone thousands and let boaters apply for permits to harvest them.  I would get a half mount or a head mount done if they legally allowed me to harvest one.  The meet would be donated to the Humane Society to feed those dogs they uthanize everyday.

 
Id have mine made in to a rug
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[C-Money]

Glad the courts are still sane enough to get this done. Sorry it took so long. Good start. The salmon have been pounded by the sea lions for to long right there.

[Curly]

The sturgeon get hammered by them too. 

[ICEMAN]

Will they consider a hunter/fisherman voluntarily blasting them in the noggin to save money?

[gaddy]

what a great plan that would be. imagine the savings to the states to allow willing citizens to control an invasive predator & help endangered species at the same time with no cost. simplicity.

[h2ofowlr]

What gets me is the lethal injection. I've got your lethal injection hangin'! What the heck does that cost as compared to a .22mag to the whiskers? Please give me a break. This isn't a human murderer with more rights than you and me. This is future seal jerky. I'm willing to bet that the lethal injection is administered by a vet for a cost of around $1K per animal.  Thanks for letting me rant.

With lethal injection they can't use the meat for anything.  With permit process, inspection of the animals, trapping fees, legal hurdles, etc.  I bet they are closer to $20k per seal.  Could even be more.  They way this has gone could be a $100k.  The cost for lethal injection for 1 individual through the prision system is over $1 million per person.

[Naches Nightmare]

Has anybody seen any sea lions above Bonnivile dam.  I have on seen 1, and that was at Drano last September.

[steen]

Here is another expensive way to deal with a problem ( probably tax dollars), when a few tags for someone who wants to shoot one for meat would be alot cheaper AND it would be edible. 

[Ripper]

That baby seal would make a nice purse for my girlfriend!   

[BullMagnet76]

KILL EM ALL!!!!!!!   

[SkookumHntr]

 

[TwoSixFourWins]

No wait a minute guys lets not get to hasty on the trigger finger just yet. Now Washington won't let us use dogs to run critters but what if we started training sea lions to run bears and kitties? The do kinda look like a dog hahaha. I can picture it now, a pack of sea lions hot on the trail, barking like mad. What would the warden say to that?

[washelkhunter]

So the meat and the hide is wasted? Does anybody know?