The United States Navy just applied for permission to potentially kill up to 51 orcas in the Puget S

[Demovictory9]

https://forcechange.com/565970/u-s-navy-dont-needlessly-murder-over-50-endangered-orcas/

The United States Navy just applied for permission to potentially kill up to 51 orcas in the Puget Sound. They applied for an exemption to the Marine Mammal Protection Act in the form of something called an ‘incidental take.’ To ‘incidentally take’ an animal essentially means an expected accident in which the animal is injured, hunted, harassed, or killed. This means that the Navy is asking permission to do activities, such as conducting training exercises, that they normally wouldn’t be allowed to do because it would adversely affect the orca population.

This year has been a devastating year for orca. The Salish Sea, which is legally considered the orca’s ‘core critical habitat,’ saw historically low numbers of orca returning in the spring. The prey that the orca feeds on is also in significant decline. The Washington Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Task Force has recommended that steps be put in place to reduce noise in the Salish Sea where the orca live because adding sound pollution to hunting and breeding grounds affects the animal’s ability to communicate, hunt, and evade danger.

[dhill926]

1. Fuck this...

that is all...

[IcyPeas]

2. and trump and his bloody administration will probably okay it

fuck all these people. I say let's feed trump to the orcas.

[qwlauren35]

3. There go the Orcas

Navy 1
Orca 0


Seriously, aren't there other places to do training exercises?

[2naSalit]

4. This makes me so angry...

I wish I could say what I really think but I don't need anyone coming to ask me all kinds of questions about it.

[KT2000]

5. their numbers are dwindling as it is

This cannot stand. They are all part of research projects - the US and Canada have a stake in this. To say nothing of the orcas they will kill.

[RockCreek]

6. New name for Washington football team

Should be the Orcas.
Killer whale, so fierce.
And would raise awareness.

[jmowreader]

7. Are you talking about the present Seahawks or present Huskies?

[LeftInTX]

12. The DC team

[secondwind]

8. There's more at the link.

You can sign the petition to prevent the Navy from killing up to 50 Orcas.

There are only 80 Orcas in Puget Sound. This is awful. Sign the petition!!

[Dagstead Bumwood]

10. How about instead we let them kill just one bloated whale in DC? n/t

[LeftInTX]

11. That seems very high

we have "takes" around here due to the course of drought and just regular water use. (Fountain darters, which are 3 inch fish)

I would think 2 - 3 orcas a season would be the max.
This does not sound like a routine take to me.

[pecosbob]

13. I used to be a sonar operator for the Navy

The sonar on my ship blasted sound out at 240,000 watts. What is the reason for conducting dangerous active sonar searches around Puget sound? What the hell are they looking for...Chinese...Russians...Antifa frogmen?