The Virginian Pilot, May 7th, 2008
Byline: JOSEPH B. FRAZIER
By Joseph B. Frazier
The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore.
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.
That was clear over the weekend, when six protected sea lions were found shot to death with a high-powered rifle near the Bonneville Dam.
Suspicion immediately fell on fishermen, who have long complained that sea lions gobble up salmon at the base of the dam....
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