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Spike in Dead Sea Otters Catches Wildlife Officials' Attention


Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, sea otters, death, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 74 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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Gorilly Girl (371)
Sunday October 11, 2009, 7:45 am
After they were hunted to extinction in 1912, the species was reintroduced to the lower 48 states in the 1960s. They were brought in from Alaska.

There are now about 1,100 sea otters off the coast of Washington.

I think they need to be listed...

Big gorilly hugs
 

JennyLynn W. (124)
Sunday October 11, 2009, 11:50 am
This is an interesting article, but I think the Fish and Wildlife Service shouldn't dismiss this so quickly. It may be that there are more people to find them, or it may not. They should be setting up a study or investigation, because that's the only way to know, and we need to know!
Thanks Cher!
 

Thomas Barlish (29)
Sunday October 11, 2009, 12:30 pm
animals turning up dead in larger # than before tell me there is a problem in their envirement. they need to stop making up excuses, lies, and half truths and do something heloful
 

mary f. (78)
Monday October 12, 2009, 2:30 am
they need to be protected
 
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