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Endangered orcas

SALEM, Ore. — Conservationists on Thursday asked the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to list the Southern Resident orca as endangered, citing a decline in food sources, pollution and vessel traffic as threats to survival.

Read the petition here.

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