Friday, April 20, 2007

Sea lions being hunted

Fishermen go after protected sea lions (AP)

In a file photo provided by the Alaska Sealife Center Woody, a resident Steller sea lion at the Alaska SeaLife Center, in Seward, Alaska, sits in his pen at the center Saturday, April 24, 2004. A sea lion leaped out of the sea and attacked a 13-year-old girl as she surfed behind a speedboat off Australia's west coast, a newspaper reported Sunday, April 15, 2007. A marine scientist said the attack by the sea lion, which can grow to more than 880 pounds in weight but usually stay away from humans, was bizarre and that the sea lion may have been trying to play with the girl. (AP Photo/Alaska SeaLife Center, Dennis Christen)AP - The competition between protected sea lions gobbling Columbia River salmon and impatient humans with empty fishing lines has led to vigilante action.


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