My town is being invaded by sea lions.
“On Wednesday, the Newport Beach Harbor Commission debated the situation, which has taken on added urgency since 18 sea lions piled onto a 37-foot sailboat and sank it over Labor Day weekend.”
bark bark bark bark
until you could hear them all over the park
Be My Blog 
God is just teasing us before he dispatches the land lions.
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I love how their solution is the same one that failed to make the ducks migrate from between the big and small parts of Balboa Island…
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One presumes that our local solution for goose overpopulation in parks— rent-a-collies dispatched at random times— doesn’t work so well for marine mammals.
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the banner ad at the top of that article is for a cosmetic surgery joint that gives out free ipods with surgery when you mention the la times. wow, california!
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i totally didn’t mean to reply to you. i am an idiot who can’t use live journal properly. sorry.
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We probably have cosmetic surgery for our collies and geese too, with or without iPods.
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better your town than your living room…
Eight sea lions were moved by trailer from the park to a staff member’s home.
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Orange “Republican Bastion” County
W. would be proud- Faith-Based Pinniped Control:
“Things got so out of hand this summer that she finally invoked divine assistance. “We’ve been praying: ‘God, please, I need a night of sleep,’ ” Schriber said.
It worked — sort of. The sea lions recently began congregating a few houses farther down the peninsula. “I told one of my neighbors about the prayers and she said, ‘Thanks a lot, now they’re down at my house.’ ”
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From the article:
‘The portly pinnipeds, described as “voracious and unrepentant” by the Portland Oregonian,’
In addition to really enjoying fantastic alliteration, I am amused at how apt the description is for many land-bound residents of Newps and B.I. as well.
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I think I was being tailgated by a Ford Voracious today
…and have you ever met a wild animal that was repentant? What the hell, is the Oregonian hiring wine critics as wildlife writers?
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Re: I think I was being tailgated by a Ford Voracious today
I don’t think I’ve met too domestic animals that were repentant period, wild or otherwise. “Forgive me, I know it was bad, but I really couldn’t help eating the cat shit – it looks like Almond Roca for dogs.”
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Re: I think I was being tailgated by a Ford Voracious today
(Please insert a “many” between “too” and “domestic”. Thank you.)
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