Ignored own study in pushing cormorant massacre PORTLAND, Oregon––Obtaining U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service research showing that killing cormorants near the mouth of the Columbia River would have no beneficial outcome for salmon and steelhead, the Audubon Society of Portland, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of Animals, Animal Legal Defense Fund and Wildlife Center […]
Conservation gets the bird at East Sand Island
Judge allows wildlife agencies to kill cormorants & smash nests PORTLAND, Oregon––Federal District Judge Michael Simon on May 8, 2015 allowed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and USDA Wildlife Services to go full speed ahead to kill 3,489 double-crested cormorants, 105 Brandt’s cormorants, and 10 pelagic cormorants at […]