Lion kill.

• Position: STATELINE - License to kill sea lions, salmon protection - Brief Article

Four Indian tribes want state agencies in Washington and Oregon to give them the authority to protect salmon by killing sea lions that are feasting on them in the Columbia River near Bonneville Dam. The Marine Mammal Protection Act gives states an option not available to tribes: a process for gaining permission to trap or kill problem seals or sea lions. During the past two years, the number of sea lions at the dam...