Join us on May 17 for the final vote on saving the La Jolla seals!
April 29, 2010 – 11:52 amJoin us for a City Council hearing for the final vote on saving
the La Jolla seals!
The City Council hearing
Monday, May 17 at 6 pm
Sherwood Auditorium at MCASD (Museum of Contemporary Art) -La Jolla,
700 Prospect St.
The Council will be considering the following items proposed by the Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL) and the La Jolla Friends of the Seals (LJFS):
1. Close the beach during pupping season from December 15 to May 15
2. Keep the rope barrier up year round
3. Prohibit dogs on the beach, 24 hours a day, year round
The city’s current policy is to allow shared use by seals and humans. A rope is strung across the beach during pupping season as a guideline but people are allowed to cross it. There is no rope guideline for the rest of the year.
As long as Casa Beach is open for swimming, the seals will suffer constant harassment from a few selfish individuals who insist on using this 200 foot beach.
Now that California has enacted legislation allowing the seals to remain, it is up to the city to take the final step to declare Casa Beach a marine mammal park.
Your presence at the hearing is crucial as we expect a strong opposition to our seal protection proposal from the pro-beach forces. Public comments are welcome, or you can waive time to the APRL/LJFS presentation.
Let’s fill that auditorium!
The pro-beach=anti-seal forces continue to invade the seal rookery during pupping season: these four spear fishermen did not even make any attempt to stay to one side to avoid scaring the seals on April 15, 2010:
On Saturday, April 17, these two divers landed right in the middle of the beach sending all seals in the water. That’s what the beach looked like just before the incident…
… and that’s what happened next:
I alerted a passing by Fish and Game officer about the MMPA violation – he followed the fishermen all the way to the Cove and had a talk with them.
CYBERkick and friends continue to cross the rope on weekends in a pitiful attempt to draw attention to themselves
Let’s make sure this type of pathological behavior at the expense of our seals will be impossible – let’s ask the City officials to close the beach during pupping season during the May 17th meeting.
We can officially close our seal pup birth count for the 2010 pupping season
with a total count of 44 pups being born between January 29 and April 1, 2010.
Thank you all who helped record the births and count the pups. Also, to all the locals and visitors supporting our seal protection campaign – THANK YOU!
See you all at the Sherwood Auditorium on May 17!!!
Dorota
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13 Comments! WOW! Read Below what others are saying.
Do you promise this is the ‘final’ vote? I doubt it.
By cyberKICK on May 1, 2010
shame on you cyberkick…I am shocked at what you did …seems to me like you don’t have kids of your own…no woman would run off a mom and leave her pups on the beach…i would not want my grandkids at a beach with people with weapons to fish with…and you want to call this a children beach….i hope you get your butt kick in court..i was really starting respect you..not anymore…go seals….you wil not be hearing me for a while my mother is very ill….and i don’t need anymore crap in my life…am very ashamed of you….you are a wicked woman….GOOD BLESS THE SEALS…kimmie
By kimmie on May 2, 2010
??? What are you talking about?
By cyberKICK on May 3, 2010
Weapons to fish with? Run off a mom and leave her pups on the beach? It is a children’s beach. That is the official legal name. Wicked woman? I have no idea what you are talking about. Maybe you have me confused with somebody else? Maybe somebody told you something that isn’t true, who knows.
Anyway, take care of your mom, and yourself. Maybe when things settle down for you, you can review whatever you are referring to and let me know. My guess is you have me confused with somebody else, or you might have mis-read something.
By cyberKICK on May 5, 2010
Keep up the good work, I like your writing.
By Autism Symptoms on May 8, 2010
Wow Kimmie. You are really in need of some help. You have really gone in the deep end. Weapons to fish with??? WTF are you talking about? It’s really hard to have a grown-up discussion with any of your type. My grandfather once said “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience”. Sound advice that I think I will follow now.
By Return the beach to humans on May 14, 2010
Yea, I was totally confused by her post. It just came out of nowhere. Your grandfather was wise.
By cyberKICK on May 14, 2010
San Diego has more than 70 miles of beach and they are all available to HUMANS.This tiny beach should be left to the seals,that’s what every sane person would say. I’m wondering if your grandfather was talking to you when he said “Never argue with an idiot”.
By Silvia on May 15, 2010
You are incorrect. There is not 1 single beach in all of San Diego without rip-tides, undertows and waves. This beach was built to address that exact problem. If you look at the water on the beaches on either side you can clearly see it.
The law says the beach has to remain open to people, and the gift was given to the state of california under the promise it would be kept for that purpose. If the seals were to go in the water (where they can eat, sleep, etc) they just come back. If they were really injured from this procedure they would simply find another beach. Many beachs in San Diego are inaccessable to people that the seals can use. It is not natural to care for, and build special structures for seals. It isn’t any better then seeing seals in the zoo. It isn’t a natural habitat.
By cyberKICK on May 15, 2010
There is nothing natural about seals living behind an eight foot thick man made concrete wall.
By Return the beach to humans on May 17, 2010
I thought that was what natural seals do. After all, the whole point of taking the beach away from the children it was endowed to was to be able to see seals in a natural habitat. Seals always live behind an 8 foot thick man made wall. That is why they are so endangered.
By cyberKICK on May 27, 2010
hi there hows it going
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