[cobirds] Save 16,000 cormorants

 

 

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action alert! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to shoot thousands of double-breasted cormorants along the Columbia River Estuary near Portland, Oregon. We have until August 4th to convince them otherwise. URGENT: Stop the Slaughter of 16,000 Cormorants!   please share it helps!     Dear jeffrey, Thousands of cormorants along the Columbia River Estuary near Portland, Oregon have been sentenced to death. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to shoot thousands of the birds -- because they eat "too many salmon" as the fish make their way through the Columbia River estuary to the Pacific Ocean. Over the course of the next four years, 16,000 cormorants will be slaughtered during nesting season. Oil will also be spread over cormorant eggs to suffocate the eggs and ensure that they do not hatch, introducing oil into the bird nests and into the environment. And it's not as if cormorant populations are all that stable, either. Overall, the numbers of cormorants in the country have been declining. A mass cull numbering in the thousands may be the death knell for the se migratory birds. The government should be focusing on the real causes behind salmon decline: overfishing and river pollution. The public comment period on this horrifying issue closes on August 4th. We have until then to save the cormorants. Sign the petition to oppose the cull and protect thousands of cormorants from slaughter! Thank you for taking action, Kathleen J. Care2 and ThePetitionSite P.S. This petition was started by a Care2 member like you. Click here to start a petition about something that matters to you.

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