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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective

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To: American Spirit who wrote (1917)	10/10/2000 2:09:03 AM
From: D_I_R_T	Read Replies (1) of 10042

Just began following this thread and found some comments about Alaska and your comments about sea otters populations being "highly endangered" in this state. What do you base this statement on? The fact is that Alaska is a very big state and to say that any particular animal here is "highly endangered" is almost sure to be wrong. The strength of sea otter populations vary from region to region. In the southeast part of the state the population is considered stable. From personal experience I can tell you that it is expanding. I believe it is considered to be in the recovery stage in the PWS area. South Central and out on the chain the population has declined in recent years. The last I heard they were not considered to be in immediate danger although if the trend continues it could develop into a serious threat. There has been a lot of research done to determine what is causing the decline. One possible reason has surprised just about everyone. It seems that killer whales, orcas, have developed a taste for the fury critters. This is something that had not been documented prior to recent years. Why have they suddenly developed this taste? Hard to say. Some say that it may be others sources of food for the orcas have declined so they have had to look elsewhere. Maybe, as a predator, they are just taking advantage of a convenient food source. They are known to eat sea lions, I have personally witnessed this, so a sea otter could easily fall on to their menu list. The bottom line is that to insinuate that sea otter populations are "highly endangered" in all of Alaska because of the Exxon Valdez or some other man made reason is simply wrong.

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