Rescue centers treat malnourished young sea lions
July 15, 2009 | 10:42
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Marine rescue centers in California are struggling to keep up with the number of distressed sea lions up and down the coast. The marine mammals are malnourished and some are injured. Scientists believe an El Nino weather pattern is bringing warm water currents to the California coast, depleting the sea lions' food supply.
Most of the distressed animals fit the same profile: young, hungry and exhausted. Read the complete story on the rescued sea lions.
-- Julie Anne Strack
Photo: Volunteers Marjorie Boor, left, and Katie Pofahl rescue a sea lion pup stranded on the rocks in San Francisco Bay. Credit: Dave Getzschman / For The Times
