Starving Sea Lion Pups Stranding on California Coast

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Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

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More than 1,100 starving and sickly sea lion pups have washed up along California’s coastline this winter. Rescue centers are working round the clock to try and rehabilitate hundreds of them to release them back into the wild…

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Unprecedented sea lion strandings in California linked to warmer Pacific, Reuters, (02-19-2015)
The strandings of a record number of sea lion pups along the California coast this year are linked to a puzzling weather pattern that has warmed their Pacific Ocean habitat and likely impacted fish populations they rely on for food, federal scientists said…

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