Flame the Assoc. Press. They wrote the text that was in USA Today and all the other papers, that read:
"The California and Steller sea lions that were killed over the weekend were shot after they had crawled into the steel cages. Investigators think the killers used a boat to navigate the tricky waters, dropped the doors on two of the cages and opened fire from close range, perhaps cleaning up the spent shells to remove any evidence. The carcasses were found Sunday."

What a bunch of crap. Anything for a story.
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Don't forget to thank Brian for his work: ""Whoever did this knew what he was doing. This was a very bold and open act," Brian Gorman, a spokesman for the National Marine Fisheries Service, said Tuesday.

Seems Brian should have said "We did this, and we have no idea what we're doing."

Bottom line: A $2 bullet would have been better all the way around. I'm not insensitive to the animals, but every time this comes around, it costs 1000 times more than it should, when that money could be allocated to starving people, disease, etc. Remember the fake orcas, trap pens, rubber arrows, at the locks 20 years ago?