Sea Otters

Re your Oct. 21 article about California sea otters: I am saddened to think that the commercial fishing industry and state Fish and Game Commission are more concerned about the “precious” abalone and sea urchin fisheries in the Monterey area than they are about sea otters. The sea should belong to wildlife first and the fishing industry second. Isn’t it enough that the tuna industry threatened the dolphin’s safety? Now human greed and selfishness have to threaten sea otters as well?

I have never considered myself an activist but I do have compassion for an innocent animal. When are people going to share the Earth with nature and wildlife, instead of destroying and abusing it?

JODY ORTH, Hollywood