Comments on: Seal Beach Controversy in La Jolla, California http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/seal-beach-controversy-in-la-jolla-california/921 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:39:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dan Aldridge http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/seal-beach-controversy-in-la-jolla-california/921/comment-page-1#comment-80869 Dan Aldridge Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:25:21 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/seal-beach-controversy-in-la-jolla-california/921#comment-80869 I'd lived in San Diego for the first twenty-some years of my life and come back here nearly every year. When I do, I always stop off in La Jolla to do a little seal-watching. This year I was shocked to find the ropes protecting the seals gone, and the herd (pod?) of seals in La Jolla far smaller than it's ever been. I can't believe the obnoxious behavior of some who would ruin what few good things there are left in the world. This little haven for the seals is such a thing. As if there were no other places in San Diego county for swimmers to swim or children to play! And this is THE ONLY place in San Diego county where the seals congregate on land, completely innocent of the political posturing and game-playing that will decide their fate. I’d lived in San Diego for the first twenty-some years of my life and come back here nearly every year. When I do, I always stop off in La Jolla to do a little seal-watching. This year I was shocked to find the ropes protecting the seals gone, and the herd (pod?) of seals in La Jolla far smaller than it’s ever been.

I can’t believe the obnoxious behavior of some who would ruin what few good things there are left in the world. This little haven for the seals is such a thing. As if there were no other places in San Diego county for swimmers to swim or children to play! And this is THE ONLY place in San Diego county where the seals congregate on land, completely innocent of the political posturing and game-playing that will decide their fate.

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