Web Cams to Go Dark for Walrus Slaughter
From Times Wire Reports
A pair of Web cameras providing Internet images of walruses basking on Round Island will be turned off at the request of Alaska Native leaders, who do not want viewers to see the animals shot and butchered during the traditional fall hunt.
The cameras transmit to a popular website where viewers normally can watch live video of Pacific walruses snoozing on a rocky beach.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
