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Let me start off by saying while I do not LOVE sea lions, I do not wish ALL of them dead because they steal my bait or fish. I hate them because people feel they require protection in areas where their populations are healthy, but they are cute so they require this "extra" protection (or starving... most likely due to limited food because of overpopulation and some of our shananigans of course).
There has been some mention of children's pool, but that location was BUILT for... you guessed it CHILDRED. Not seal lions, which are now receiving additional protection at CHILDERNS pool because they have taken over this artificially protected area (again, it was protected so CHILDREN could safely play there) for their own. Additionally, due to the overpopulation of sea lions at childrens pool, SD county spends money (not sure how much or the frequency, but I would assume it is not negligible) to clean the sh#^ left by the sea lions. If they didn't clean it, guess what... the businesses in LJ would suffer, as I am sure some already have do to the smell (my family and I had PLANNED to eat at a restaurant near the area, but couldn't because the smell was horrible on their patio due to the sea lions... and I mean HORRIBLE).
Notice how SD county alone has saved more sea lions then all of the counties up the coast to SF combined......... looks a bit telling doesn't it. I am not saying we should have free range to kill/reduce SL numbers, but I don't think they need extra protection.......
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