In the article "Women caught abusing seals cause great uproar" by Pete Thomas he brings to light that women have been taped abusing seals at a San Diego beach and the mayor is not happy about it. It was originally open to all but now will be closed overnight starting May 15th thanks to a rule proposed by the mayor.

Quotes in this article include quotes from the mayor Bob Filner and Larry Wan the founder of Western Alliance for Nature. Something that is shocking in this article is that pregnant seals were being abused and beaten by grown women. It's shocking because you would think they knew better than to stoop that low. This shows that people's values are getting lower and lower.

I think that this means people have to set higher expectations for themselves. I think that this is an important topic because it's animal abuse and San Diego might get a lot of heat for this and lead to a lower public image. A possible solution to this is to set up more security around the beach and have a tighter leash on their citizens.

This article made me wonder about a lot of things. It made me wonder if this happens to animals that are at the beach do they abuse their own pets. Also if their animals are treated so bad how about their children if they have any. These questions are the main things that I want to know. I could find these answers by looking at a different version of the article and it may have more insight to the story.