[Othniel]

In Seattle a few years ago there was a big seal that hung out around the locks that connected Puget Sound to the inner lakes. The beast was feasting on the salmon that went through the locks on their way to their breeding grounds.

The a$$hats in Seattle tried a variety of things to get rid of said pinnaped. They tried loud noises, a big, fake killer whale, all kinds of stuff, with no results. They even airlifted the beast down to California, but he was back a few weeks later, scarfing down fish. I don't know if someone finally shot him; maybe a Seattle Freeper can fill in the holes.

Deer on the east coast, seals on the west, and ravens in Wales. Amazing what "no kill" rules can do....

[hoagy62]

I am a Western Washington (aka “Liberal Hell, Northern Sector”) FReeper.

You’re speaking of “Herschel”. He and the ‘gang’ of sea lions he seemed to lead chowed down on salmon at the Ballard Locks back in the 90’s.

After they swam back from California, they studied other ways of dealing with them. When they finally got permission to kill him...after almost 12 years...Herschel was long gone. Three other sea lions (one of them named “Hondo”) replaced him. They were captured and taken to a permanent home at Sea World San Diego.

[Right Wing Assault]

They tried loud noises, a big, fake killer whale, all kinds of stuff, with no results.

They didn't sit down and negotiate with him and try to convince him although we really love him, he shouldn't eat all the fish?