Even without the pesky sea lions, fishermen on the west coast have been having a tough year, so to protect the fish passing the dam, the National Marine Fisheries Service approved plans to kill or capture as many as 85 sea lions a year for five years.
The procedures, ordered after consultation with terrorism experts in Israel, among other countries, gave police commanders authority to approve "shoot to kill" orders to firearms officers in pursuit of terrorists, and were applied only once, in the de Menezes case.
And he approved the raid to kill Osama bin Laden.
To control chronic wasting disease, state wildlife officials have approved a plan to kill 4,500 deer over five years.
Last month, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service approved a treatment to kill the canker by heating the peppercorns to 140 degrees.
They want the current government, which has never formally approved the deal, to kill it once and for all and hand over the land to the peasants.
President Bush, in contrast, personally approved the attempt to kill him, without feeling the need to explain why Mr. Hussein was no longer protected by President Reagan's prohibition and without being asked to do so by Congress.
To prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, the state has approved a plan to kill 25,000 deer in a 361-square-mile 361-square-mile 361-square-milee disease is concentregion
Even as some senior former American security officials question whether the strikes are beginning to do more harm than good, 65 percent of Americans questioned in a Gallup poll last month approved of strikes to kill suspected foreign terrorists; only 28 percent were opposed.
