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Failure to launch

10,000 Birds

Instead we turned back and investigated the rock pools along the coast. They are now protected by Taputeranga Marine Reserve , a marine reserve created in 2008 and to protect marine life around Wellington. In the distance you can see Red Rocks- access denied.

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Dead Sea Lions in Puget Sound - Again

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KING-TV reports that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths. Investigators say they do not know who is responsible. The one found in West Seattle was a California sea lion, protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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