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Animals News tagged with sea otters

Man Pleads Guilty for Illegal Otter Hunting
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- 6 days ago - alaskadispatch.com
On Tuesday Douglas Smith pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the illegal hunting and sale of sea otters. As part of his plea deal, a third count of illegal sale of wildlife was dismissed. According to the indictment, the count that was
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Sea Otter Studies at WERC
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- 40 days ago - werc.usgs.gov
Sea otter research by scientists at the Santa Cruz Field Station of the USGS Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) focuses on this smallest marine mammal's population biology and its role as a keystone species in the nearshore marine community
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Spike in Dead Sea Otters Catches Wildlife Officials' Attention
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- 47 days ago - peninsuladailynews.com
A recent spike in dead sea otter sightings has caught the attention of wildlife officials, but they say that the 12 sightings on the Washington coast in the past month could simply be the result of more witnesses.
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Sea Otter Critical Habitat Officially Designated
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- 48 days ago - publicbroadcasting.net
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially designated 5,855 square miles as critical habitat for southwest Alaska sea otters on Wednesday. The areas span from the end of the Aleutians to the Alaska Peninsula and mostly include near-shore areas that
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Those Charismatic Sea Otters: Celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week!
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- 59 days ago - ecoworldly.com
September 27th, 2009, marks the beginning of the 7th annual Sea Otter Awareness Week. Aquariums across the United States, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands are featuring a variety of activities, exhibits and educational events to raise awareness
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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- 61 days ago - kcbs.com
In a year when California's sea otter population declined slightly, organizers of Sea Otter Awareness Week are highlighting some bright spots in the campaign to restore the coastal creatures' presence along state shores
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Save the Sea Otters ! TAKE ACTION !
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- 84 days ago - change.org
As many of you know, Sea Otter numbers are declining very fast. Though not as fast as it was in the 1900's, they're numbers are now in the 100 thousands instead of the millions. I propose we take action against the illegal poachers in western America.
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Otter Population Falls as Humans Pollute Ocean
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- 149 days ago - sfgate.com
Sea otters along the California coast are dying off faster than at any time since the late 1990s, a disturbing trend that experts say is partially due to human-caused water pollution, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Tuesday.
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Sea Otters Wash Ashore in Kachemak Bay
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- 169 days ago - homertribune.com
Two dead sea otters reportedly washed ashore in Homer this weekend, one a female pup and the other not located before the tide carried it away. Kristin Worman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife unusual mortality event responder, said the baby otter - found below
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Craig Man Indicted for Killing Sea Otters
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- 217 days ago - ktuu.com
A federal grand jury has indicted a Craig man on charges that he illegally killed sea otters and tried to sell a Steller sea lion hide.
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Sea Otter Population at 3,600
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- 217 days ago - homernews.com
Whether walking on the Homer Spit, kayaking around Yukon Island or boating across Kachemak Bay -- hopefully, slowly -- it seems like everywhere you look you'll see otters. Fishermen might get skunked jigging for halibut and whale watchers might not see
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Sea Otters Coated in Oil?
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- 221 days ago - newsblaze.com
The devastating effects of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill are still being felt 20 years later. Thousands of animals were killed immediately after the spill, but the destruction lingers: Several species, including the sea otter, have not yet fully recovered
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Will Your Representative Help Sea Otters? TAKE ACTION !
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- 223 days ago - change.org
Once on the brink of extinction, California's sea otters have been slowly recovering over the last seventy years. But recently, sea otter populations have stagnated, prompting concern among conservationists and scientists.
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Welcome Back Otters
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- 247 days ago - dailyastorian.info
The reappearance of sea otters this month at the mouth of the Columbia River after an absence of perhaps as much as a century is heart-warming news in its own regard and also powerfully symbolic.
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Rescued Sea Otter From Monterey Bay to Be Released Tuesday
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- 250 days ago - thecalifornian.com
A recently rescued and rehabilitated sea otter named Olive, found oiled in Monterey Bay on Feb. 21, will be released into the wild on Tuesday.
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