http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/12/28/letters-to-the-editor-dec-22-issue/ Enlightening La Jolla since 1913 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/12/28/letters-to-the-editor-dec-22-issue/#comment-188160 James Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:33:10 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=56619#comment-188160 You had me except going to the trouble of dispersing the seals. Seems like a lot of effort when they'll probably just come back (since they always do). But I'm pretty sure the Bird Rock and Camino de la Costa folks are trying to ban low flying helicopters but I'm certain it has nothing to do with the seals. You had me except going to the trouble of dispersing the seals. Seems like a lot of effort when they'll probably just come back (since they always do). But I'm pretty sure the Bird Rock and Camino de la Costa folks are trying to ban low flying helicopters but I'm certain it has nothing to do with the seals.

]]> http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/12/28/letters-to-the-editor-dec-22-issue/#comment-188159 James Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:30:28 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=56619#comment-188159 That might be the most honest comment on the Children's Pool I've ever read! Thank you for not trying to use shark hysteria or making up statistics! I don't see anything in there I can argue with. I wish all comments would be so sensible. That might be the most honest comment on the Children's Pool I've ever read! Thank you for not trying to use shark hysteria or making up statistics! I don't see anything in there I can argue with. I wish all comments would be so sensible.

]]> http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/12/28/letters-to-the-editor-dec-22-issue/#comment-187950 cyberKICK Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:58:39 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=56619#comment-187950 Val Sanfilippo, how do you know the seals are sensitive of people "whether they outwardly show it or not"? If the seals are so sensitive of people why do they follow the swimmers around in the water and use a beach shared with people? They have so many miles of coastline they can use with no people (and many seals do), In fact, I've been there when I was the only person on the beach with no seals on the beach, and they came out of the water and sat down less than 3' from me. Why would they do that on an entirely empty beach? Maybe they aren't sensitive of the people on the beach, but rather the people screaming from the wall and bluff. Maybe they are sensitive to all the hostilitiy of the seal activiits. Val Sanfilippo, how do you know the seals are sensitive of people "whether they outwardly show it or not"? If the seals are so sensitive of people why do they follow the swimmers around in the water and use a beach shared with people? They have so many miles of coastline they can use with no people (and many seals do), In fact, I've been there when I was the only person on the beach with no seals on the beach, and they came out of the water and sat down less than 3' from me. Why would they do that on an entirely empty beach? Maybe they aren't sensitive of the people on the beach, but rather the people screaming from the wall and bluff. Maybe they are sensitive to all the hostilitiy of the seal activiits.

]]> http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/12/28/letters-to-the-editor-dec-22-issue/#comment-187946 BigDipper Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:33:13 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=56619#comment-187946 Cooley wants to give the colony all the protection we can give it. Not what it needs and already has, but all we can imagine. Why not close the sea wall and erect walls so the seals cannot see people and suffer the resultant stress?. Close the stairs forever and ban low flying aircraft in La Jolla as is done in some marine sanctuaries. All on the assumption seals need protection from humans, yet they choose to come here to share this beach. The reason not, is we really want to protect our free show and tourist attraction and our convenience. The best unselfish protection for seals would be to disperse the animals to the wild so they can live free of human contact again. Eh? Last night I was standing 5' away from an unconcerned seal. In the water they swim to me to play with me like another seal. Some clutch at my arm and keep coming back for tummy rubs. Should we force our pregnant mates to stay indoors during the last couple months of pregnancy lest they be startled and spontaneously abort like a lizard dropping its tail? Are our pregnant mates taken to hysteria and running into walls and need sequestering? Cooley wants to give the colony all the protection we can give it. Not what it needs and already has, but all we can imagine. Why not close the sea wall and erect walls so the seals cannot see people and suffer the resultant stress?. Close the stairs forever and ban low flying aircraft in La Jolla as is done in some marine sanctuaries. All on the assumption seals need protection from humans, yet they choose to come here to share this beach.
The reason not, is we really want to protect our free show and tourist attraction and our convenience. The best unselfish protection for seals would be to disperse the animals to the wild so they can live free of human contact again. Eh?
Last night I was standing 5' away from an unconcerned seal. In the water they swim to me to play with me like another seal. Some clutch at my arm and keep coming back for tummy rubs. Should we force our pregnant mates to stay indoors during the last couple months of pregnancy lest they be startled and spontaneously abort like a lizard dropping its tail? Are our pregnant mates taken to hysteria and running into walls and need sequestering?

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