Judge Michael Simon denies request to stop killing of sea lions at Bonneville Dam

By Scott Learn
Oregonian

A U.S. district judge has rejected the Humane Society of the United States’ request for an injunction that would immediately stop killing of California sea lions that eat salmon near Bonneville Dam.

Judge Michael H. Simon denied the injunction in a ruling issued Wednesday. The Humane Society’s lawsuit against the federal government and the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho will still proceed. Read more