Steller sea lions 'deliberately killed' near Cordova, NOAA says
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Steller sea lions 'deliberately killed' near Cordova, NOAA says
Several of 15 Steller sea lions found dead last week on a remote Alaska beach were "deliberately killed," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
Wildlife | Tegan Hanlon
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Several of 15 Steller sea lions found dead last week on a remote Alaska beach were "deliberately killed," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
Julie Speegle, a NOAA spokeswoman in Juneau, wouldn't say how the sea lions were killed but said at least some of the deaths were “human-caused.”
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NOAA Fisheries received a report of the dead sea lions on June 1. Speegle said the endangered animals’ bodies were near Softuk Bar, about 45 miles southeast of Cordova.
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... It appeared that nothing was harvested from the sea lions and no nets were found, she said.
The Steller sea lions that died near Cordova came from the western stock of the population. The sea lions are divided into two populations at a line just east of Prince William Sound. Between 1976 and 1990, the western stock declined by 75 percent and dropped another 40 percent by 2000, according to NOAA.
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It's doubtful that they'll find whomever did this.
