Matt Rossell’s interview on national television today: http://tinyurl.com/2c94st4
We need to be asking ourselves why local journalists here in the NW are refusing to cover this story beyond repeating ODFW press releases verbatim. Why aren’t they asking the questions this host is asking?
Farewell depicts the struggle between the sea lions and the fishing industry. It also shares the pain and frustration of animal advocates who struggled so hard to stop the killing before it started, while apathy, ignorance, and greed led inexorably to the deaths of more than a dozen of these beloved animals last year. This is a remembrance of the animals who have died, and a call to arms to those who have not yet risen out of apathy to take a stand. The spring is coming, and we need to stand with the sea lions.
Oregon state senator Fred Girod is busy promoting the killing of sea lions and cormorants in this state. Above, you hear a few of his thoughts on this issue. Let’s look a little more closely, though, at what he gets right, and what he gets very, very wrong.
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