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Species battle pits protected sea lions against fragile fish By GILLIAN FLACCUSMarch 22, 2018 GMT NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) The 700-pound sea lion blinked in the sun, sniffed the sea air and then lazily shifted to the edge of the truck bed and plopped onto the beach below. Freed from the cage that carried him to the ocean, the massive marine mammal shuffled into the surf, looked left, looked right and then started swimming north as a collective groan went up from wildlife officials who watched from the shore. After two days spent trapping and relocating the animal designated #U253, he was headed back to where he started an Oregon river 130 miles (209 kilometers) from the Pacific Ocean that has become an all-you-can-eat fish buffet for hungry sea lions.

United statesColumbia riverBonneville damPacific oceanShaun clementsBryan wrightSharon youngOregon department of fishColumbia river intertribal fish commissionHumane society of the united statesOregon departmentEndangered speciesSouthern californiaPacific coastMammal protectionWillamette falls