PORTLAND, OREGON – Officials in a small Oregon fishing village have deployed a giant, motorized fake killer whale to scare off hundreds of sea lions thct have made the local port’s docks their new home.
City leaders in Astoria, Oregon, say are hoping the 32-foot-long (10-meter) faux orca will succeed where such tactics as electric mats and brightly colored beach balls placed outside the docks have failed.
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