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Reward offered in seabird killings

A $500 reward was offered for information leading to an arrest in the killing of federally-protected seagulls on the Long Beach Peninsula.

The birds were run down on Monday afternoon near the Bolstad and Snyder beach entrances, Washington Fish & Wildlife officials said.

Sharnell Fee with Wildlife Center of the North Coast said some of the birds were hit so forcibly they vomited.

The birds, Herman’s Gulls and Juvenile Western Gulls, are protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and killing them is a crime…. Read Full Article by Kgw.com Staff

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