Despite a judge\u2019s ruling Monday, which ordered the city of San Diego to start dispersing La Jolla\u2019s harbor seal colony within 72 hours, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hours later approved a bill that representatives from the mayor and city attorney\u2019s office said would nullify the judge\u2019s order saving the colony. On Thursday, July 23, Judge Yuri Hoffman cited the state bill as a reason for stopping the dispersal order. “The city\u2019s going back to court on Thursday,” said Animal Protection and Rescue League\u2019s SealWatch attorney Brian Pease regarding an emergency ex parte hearing to introduce the signed legislation. “It\u2019s looking good [for the seals] and it was just in the nick of time.” Ongoing court battles over the Children\u2019s Pool \u2014 mainly whether Hoffman could enforce a previous ruling ordering the city to return the area to its 1941 condition by dispersing a colony of seals \u2014 climaxed July 20 at Hoffman\u2019s hearing to decide which seal dispersal plan was most efficient. A statement released from Mayor Jerry Sanders\u2019 office said the city would comply with Hoffman\u2019s order, “while all research indicates the costly undertaking of seal dispersal is unlikely to achieve the goal of improving water quality at the Children\u2019s Pool.” While Sanders said the city would use humane methods to disperse the seals in accordance with federal regulations, he urged activists to behave peacefully during the process. “A bill permitting the seals to remain at the Children\u2019s Pool is currently awaiting Governor Schwarzenegger\u2019s signature,” Sanders\u2019 office said in a press release Monday; Schwarzenegger approved the bill hours later. “We expect that before long, this costly exercise will be concluded.” For information, visit www.senate.ca.gov\/kehoe, www.childrenspool.org or www.friendsoftheseals.com, www.aprl.org www.aprl.org\/seals.html.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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