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May 26, 2015

Hunters to kill salmon-eating birds

PORTLAND (AP) — Government hunters are scouting an island at the mouth of the Columbia River as they prepare to shoot thousands of hungry seabirds to reduce the numbers of baby salmon they eat.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokeswoman Diana Fredlund says hunters from Wildlife Services went to East Sand Island on Thursday to look over the lay of the land before starting to carry out plans to reduce the population of double crested cormorants from about 14,000 breeding pairs to 5,600 by 2018.


 
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