Moving Sea Otters to Save Them

Has kindness killed the sea otters? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service brought sea otters to San Nicholas Island hoping to help. They were trying to save them from oil spills, hunters and fishermen but instead, they caused more harm. Of the 69 sea otters they brought to the island, 10 died, 31 are missing and unaccounted for, and 13 swam away from the island. They brought 1 back to the mainland.

Now they want to bring 70 more sea otters to the island! I think they should be stopped. My friends and I think that they should bring only 10 out and see what is killing them, why they are swimming back and why they are missing, don’t you?

RACHEL GRUBB

Eastshore Elementary

Editor’s Note: The four letters were among the 28 Letters received from students in Karen Rhoads’ fourth/fifth-grade pupils in her class for academically accelerated students at the Eastshore School in Irvine.