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Wayward Sea Lion Gets Trapped In Vacaville Canal
VACAVILLE (CBS SF) – The Marine Mammal Center has sent a team to rescue a California sea lion that is trapped in a Vacaville canal. Humane Animal Services, which serves the Solano County area, informed...
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Wayward Sea Lion Spotted Leaving Area Of Vacaville Canal
VACAVILLE (CBS / AP) — Authorities said a sea lion that had found it’s way into a drainage pipe for a canal in Vacaville on Wednesday appeared to be swimming out of the area. “Our favorite new pinniped...
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Marine Mammal Center Looks For Help With Pupping Season
SAUSALITO (KPIX 5) — The Marine Mammal Center has an urgent need for volunteers after the facility became suddenly overwhelmed with young, orphaned sea lions and elephant seals. Pupping season is in...
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Young Blue Whale Carcass Washes Up On Marin County Beach
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — A blue whale that washed up on a Marin County beach Thursday was examined by scientists from the Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences Friday. Beached whale at...
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Dead Blue Whale That Washed Ashore Was Known To Researchers
BOLINAS (CBS SF) — The body of a 79-foot-long blue whale that washed ashore in Marin County had injuries consistent with being struck by a ship, according to an expert from the Marine Mammal Center in...
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Dozens Of Sea Lions Sickened With Domoic Acid Poisoning
SAUSALITO (KPIX 5) – Something in the water has made dozens of sea lions sick, leaving experts at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito scrambling to help them. The center has taken in 70 sea lions...
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Video: Sea Otter Released from Rehab in Half Moon Bay
HALF MOON BAY (CBS SF) — After spending a month undergoing rehabilitation at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, a sea otter named Yankee Doodle is now headed home. The otter was released in Half...
View ArticleInjured Sea Lion Discovered At San Francisco’s Aquatic Park
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Good Samaritans and wildlife rescue workers attempted to come to the aid of an injured sea lion Wednesday after it was discovered floundering in the waters of San Francisco’s...
View ArticleYoung Gray Whale Found on Angel Island Likely Died of Malnutrition
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — A gray whale found washed ashore Thursday on Angel Island probably died of malnutrition, according to the Marine Mammal Center. Eight scientists arrived at Sand Springs Beach on...
View ArticleSeal Pups Separated From Mothers Crowd Sausalito Rescue Center
by Mary Lee SAUSALITO (KPIX 5) — Dozens of seal pups separated from their mothers in powerful surf during late winter storms in the North Bay are getting help. Volunteer at the Marine Mammal Center are...
View Article2 Dead Whales Found In Bay Area Died From Human-Related Causes
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two whales that washed up in the Bay Area last week died to due to human-related causes, Marine Mammal Center officials said Wednesday. A fin whale found near Jack London...
View ArticleSecond Endangered Whale Washes Up On Bay Area Beach
BOLINAS (CBS SF) — The carcass of an endangered fin whale, the second in a week, has washed up on a Northern California beach, Marine Mammal Center officials announced Thursday. The 58-foot female was...
View ArticleDeadly Disease Outbreak Threatening Bay Area Sea Lions
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — A major outbreak of a deadly disease has sickened more than 200 seas lions along the Northern California coast, the Marine Mammal Center announced Tuesday. Officials at the center...
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Stranded Sea Lion Rescued From East Bay Shoreline Released Into Wild
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – A disoriented sea lion discovered Saturday evening stranded in brush along a stretch of East Bay shoreline was in good condition and later released, a Marine Mammal Center spokesman...
View ArticleVIDEO: Wayward Elephant Seal Herded Off Central Coast Freeway
SAN LUIS OBISPO (CBS SF) — It’s pupping season along the California coast — a time when massive marine mammals get themselves in all kinds of unusual predicaments. Near San Luis Obispo, Sheriff...
View Article2 Gray Whales Found Dead in San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A beach at Angel Island is the final resting place for two young gray whale corpses. Last week, a pod of five gray whales made its way into San Francisco Bay, an unusual detour...
View ArticleBlind Sea Lion at San Francisco Zoo Dies
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A well-loved resident of the San Francisco Zoo, a blind sea lion named Silent Knight, died overnight while sleeping, zoo officials said Friday. Silent Knight had been receiving...
View ArticleQuick-Thinking Girl Helps Rescue Lost Baby Elephant Seal At Pacifica Beach
PACIFICA (KPIX) – Many beachgoers were surprised when a baby elephant seal rolled onto the shore in Pacifica Saturday afternoon. “It’s not usual, we go to the beach often and usually they’re in the...
View ArticleGray Whale Washed Up On Rodeo Shoreline Died Of Malnutrition
(CBS SF) — Scientists with the Marine Mammal Center said Wednesday that the gray whale that washed up on the Rodeo shoreline in unincorporated Contra Costa County last week died of severe malnutrition,...
View ArticleShip Strikes Blamed In 2 Gray Whale Deaths In Bay Area This Month, Suspected...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A gray whale which washed up dead on a beach in Pacifica earlier this week was killed by blunt force trauma attributed to a ship strike, according to researchers – the second...
View ArticleOrphaned Seal Pups Fill Animal Center After Human Contact Scares Off Mothers
MARIN (KPIX 5) — Marine wildlife rescuers say they are being inundated with orphaned seal pups, many of them abandoned by their mothers because of the actions of people on the beach. In the Bay Area,...
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Dead Gray Whale Discovered At San Francisco’s Ocean Beach
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The carcass of a gray whale was discovered washed ashore Monday on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach — the ninth such discovery on Bay Area beaches this year. Scientists at The...
View ArticleDead Whale Discovered On Pacifica Beach
PACIFICA (CBS SF) – A dead whale washed ashore at a beach in Pacifica Tuesday morning, but Marine Mammal Center scientists cannot study it until it moves somewhere more accessible, a center spokesman...
View ArticleWhale Found Stranded In Rodeo Died Of Malnutrition
RODEO (CBS SF) – A gray whale that was stranded in Rodeo last week died as a result of malnutrition, according to scientists at the Marine Mammal Center. During a necropsy of the 41-foot adult female,...
View ArticleDead Whale Washes Onto Point Reyes National Seashore
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities say a dead whale has washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing the total to at least 11 dead whales found in the area since March. The whale carcass was...
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Scientists: Whale Foraging For Fish Near Alameda For A Week Is Unhealthy
ALAMEDA (CBS SF) – A humpback whale that has been circling the waters near Alameda for a week appears to be unhealthy, a Marine Mammal Center spokesman said Monday. The Marin Headlands-based center has...
View ArticleBaby Fur Seal Spotted, Rescued In Redwood City Parking Garage
REDWOOD CITY (KPIX 5) — A baby fur seal was spotted in the Peninsula and rescued by firefighters on Sunday morning. Redwood City firefighters lassoed the northern fur seal pup as he hopped around an...
View ArticleDead Humpback Whale Washes Ashore On Baker Beach In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A dead humpback whale washed ashore in San Francisco Tuesday morning, authorities said. The National Park Service said the whale washed onto Baker Beach, which is part of the...
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Marine Mammal Center Biologists Concerned Over Spate Of Bay Area Animal...
MARIN COUNTY (CBS SF) — Local marine biology experts expressed concern this week over a spate of life-threatening marine mammal entanglements in ocean garbage and fishing gear along the California...
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Sea Lion Recovering After Rescue From Corte Madera Car Dealership
CORTE MADERA (CBS SF) – A California sea lion is recuperating at the Marine Mammal Center after being found in the parking lot of a car dealership in Corte Madera last week, center officials said...
View ArticleInjured Sea Lion Makes ‘Miraculous Recovery’ From Shark Bite, Returns To Ocean
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — A California sea lion that made a “miraculous recovery” from a shark bite injury and domoic acid poisoning was able to return to his ocean home last week, according to officials...
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Decades-Old Pollution Linked to Cancer in California Sea Lions
SAUSALITO (CBS/AP) — Researchers at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito have determined the likely causes of a mysterious cancer that has killed sea lions for years include elements introduced to the...
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Wayward Sea Lion Pup Rescued Near Bay Bridge Toll Plaza Recovering
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) – A sea lion pup is recuperating after he was rescued off the roadway near the Bay Bridge toll plaza earlier this week. According to the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, the 8...
View ArticleMarin Study Reveals Cancer Killing California Sea Lions Is Caused By STD
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) – For decades, sea lions along the West Coast have been plagued by a lethal form of cancer. Now, research conducted at the Marine Mammal Center has determined the cause of the...
View ArticleAnother Gray Whale Carcass Washes Ashore In Bay Area; 4th In 8 Days
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A gray whale carcass washed ashore at Muir Beach in Marin County Thursday morning, the fourth dead whale to have washed ashore in the Bay Area in just over a week. The Marine...
View ArticleUPDATE: 1 Of 4 Whales Found Dead In SF Bay Area Killed By Ship Strike
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — One of four whales that washed up dead in the Bay Area since last Wednesday was killed by a ship strike, according to scientists with the Marine Mammal Center. The whale...
View ArticleRare Fin Whale Likely Killed By Ship Strike; Fifth Whale Carcass To Wash...
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — An endangered fin whale that washed ashore in San Francisco this weekend likely suffered fatal injury from a ship strike, officials from the Marine Mammal Center announced...
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3 More Gray Whales Found Dead In San Francisco Bay
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — Three more gray whales have been found dead in San Francisco Bay in the 10 days – including two this week – adding to a growing total of whale deaths in the Bay Area this year. The...
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Cause of Death Still Unknown for Gray Whale That Washed Up at SF’s Ocean Beach
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Experts with the Marine Mammal Center on Tuesday said they have yet to determine a cause of death for a gray whale that washed ashore at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach this...
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Wayward Baby Fur Seal Pup Rescued In San Rafael
SAN RAFAEL (CBS SF/BCN) — A wayward northern fur seal pup was resting safely Monday at the Marine Mammal Center after a harrowing weekend in San Rafael. The San Rafael Police Department said the...
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