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lies with how the public views these animals, we know that this population is endangered and they need our help. and the last thing they need is to be seen as villains gels. what is fascinating is because they have not become the villains in the store. they've become the rose people. um, meaning them, they've become so much bigger than what is actually happening. what do you make of that, that way of actually understanding what is going on. and it seems to me that people are starting to become aware of just how detrimental our own actions are to the, to the natural world. but it's pretty much everything that's occurring that's threatening to this population of color was that we're talking about in, in europe, as well as the, the population of killer wells that occur here in wash state. all of the threats facing these animals that are, that are causing them to, to, uh, you know, lose their population decline, decline in population, and really a tutor on the brink of extinction. all of the threats are essentially our fault. we've created these, these threats, whether it be best, so presence and associated noise. lack of prey removing prey from the mar