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Written by DON RYAN, AP
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
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NORTH BONNEVILLE, Wash. - One by one, curious California sea lions checked out the open cage left invitingly on a platform in the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam and flopped inside to chill out on the nice flat surface.Big mistake.The door clanged shut and state agents concluded their first day of trapping the salmon-hungry sea mammals. The sea lions weren't having much fun behind bars last Thursday, but it beat the bullet between the eyes some came within a whisker of getting under a federal removal authorization.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 April 2008 )
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