Since 1995, the National Marine Fisheries Service has provisionally approved several requests from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for permits to kill sea lions at Seattle's Ballard Locks. The HSUS and several other organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court to oppose this action. The courts ruled against us, but our action undoubtedly prevented many animals from actually being killed. Three sea lions were sent to Sea World, but none were euthanized.

To learn more about this issue, read "Fish Declines Pinned on Pinnipeds": download the PDF.

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