It’s now legal to kill sea lions that are threatening salmon in the Pacific Northwest

“Animal control in the western United States just got more extreme.
A new law allows some Native American tribes to kill sea lions that have been devouring the region’s endangered salmon and steelhead — as long as they first get a permit.
The law, passed by Congress and signed by President Trump last month, amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to ease protections on California and Steller sea lions in the Columbia River, the Willamette River and their tributaries.
It authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to issue the permits to the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.”

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Fonte: CNN, 30 de janeiro de 2019