Sunday morning on Petersburg's South Harbor crane dock, Brandon Ware carefully skins one of two sea lions he and his brother Billy Ware (pictured left) subsistence harvested on Saturday. Law enforcement had grown concerned over menacing behavior demonstrated by the massive sea lion. In a social media post Ware applauded the police department for "recognizing an indigenous solution to a public problem."
A dead sea lion filled the back of Brandon Ware's pickup, hanging off the tailgate. Ware was wrestling with fat and fur, slowly skinning the animal.
"All I have to do is gently run my knife through it," he said. "It separates the fat from the body and pulls the skin down a little bit more, just like peeling a banana."
The massive animal had been terrorizing people and pets in Petersburg's South Harbor. It was killed on Saturday, but not by law enforcement. Instead, they collaborated with Ware, who is Tlingit and grew up hunting marine mammals. He plans to use the hide and whiskers for traditio...
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