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Wounded Marin Sea Lion Won’t Be Able To Return To Wild
SAUSALITO (AP/BCN) – A sea lion that was found shot in the face on a Sausalito beach is blind and will not be able to return to the wild. The roughly 6-year-old male adult sea lion, named for his regal...
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California Sea Lion Shootings On The Rise
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The weak and woozy California sea lion found on a San Francisco Bay-area beach in December with buckshot embedded in its skull has become an all-too-common sight for wildlife...
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New Home Sought For Blinded Sea Lion In Sausalito
SAUSALITO (BCN) – A sea lion found shot in the head late last year, causing him to completely lose his vision, is keeping staff and volunteers on their toes as a more permanent home is being sought, a...
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Injured Sea Lion To Land New Home At San Francisco Zoo
SAUSALITO (CBS/AP) — A sea lion discovered with a gunshot wound to the face on a Sausalito beach has found a home at the San Francisco Zoo. A spokesman for the Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center,...
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Blind Sea Lions Make San Francisco Zoo Debut
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Two blind sea lions saved from certain death in the wild are made their public debut at the San Francisco Zoo, including one that had been shot in the face. The pair dove into...
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Name Contest To Celebrate 10,000th Sea Lion Rescue
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) – The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito is celebrating its 10,000th sea lion rescue by asking the public to help name the milestone patient. The center has rescued more than 16,500...
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Rescuers Ask For Help Locating Trash-Tangled SF Sea Lions
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Marine mammal rescuers are asking for the public’s help in spotting two sea lions that became entangled in ocean trash and eluded several attempts at capture. The sea lions—a...
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Marin Rescue Group Releases ‘Milestone’ Sea Lion Back Into Wild
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) – Two sea lions were set to be released into the ocean Thursday afternoon after being nursed back to health by rescuers at the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands. One of the...
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Sea Lion Found Shot In Santa Cruz Recovering
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — A sea lion rescued from the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf last week is recovering in Sausalito from an apparent gunshot wound, and the animal’s caregivers are asking people who may...
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Sea Lion Dies From Gunshot Wounds Despite Rescue Efforts
SANTA CRUZ (CBS SF) – A sea lion found on the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf suffering from a gunshot wound last week was euthanized Thursday night. The California sea lion, dubbed King Neptune, was put...
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Tow Truck Saves Stuck Sea Lion In East Palo Alto
EAST PALO ALTO (CBS SF) – A sea lion found stuck in mud in an East Palo Alto creek was rescued Thursday night with the help of volunteers and a local towing company, a Marine Mammal Center spokeswoman...
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Sea Lion, Rescued In Palo Alto, In Stable Condition
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — A sea lion that was stuck in the mud in an East Palo Alto creek and was rescued Thursday night is in critical but stable condition, a Marine Mammal Center spokeswoman said on...
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Rescued Peninsula Sea Lion Put Down After Suffering Stroke
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) – A sea lion found stuck in the mud in an East Palo Alto creek last week was euthanized Wednesday morning after suffering a stroke at the Marin County rescue center where he was...
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Injured Sea Lion Crosses Burlingame Highway
BURLINGAME (CBS SF) — A sea lion was being treated at the Marine Mammal Center in Marin County Saturday morning after crossing a highway in Burlingame, a spokesman for the center said. Animal rescuers...
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Sea Lion Found Crossing 101 Treated For Bullet Wound
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) – A sea lion who was rescued after crossing U.S. Highway 101 in Burlingame on Saturday is still recovering from the incident—as well as from an apparent gunshot wound. Named...
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Shot Sea Lion Found On Burlingame Freeway Euthanized
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) – A sea lion that crossed U.S. Highway 101 in Burlingame on Saturday after being shot in the face had to be euthanized, a spokesman for the Marine Mammal Center said Wednesday. The...
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Orca Found Dead On Marin County Beach
POINT REYES (CBS SF) – A 18-foot orca that had suffered a head wound was found dead on a beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore last week, a National Park Service spokesman said Monday. The male...
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Healthy Sea Lions Released Back Into The Pacific
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Three California sea lions were released back into the wild Tuesday after being nursed back to health by the Marine Mammal Center. The trio was released amid a cheering crowd...
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Marine Mammal Center Caring For First Seal Pup Of The Season
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) – With the arrival of the first harbor seal pup this spring to the Marin County-based Marine Mammal Center, handlers there are reminding the public to steer clear of seal pups they...
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Sea Lion Pup Rescued From Alcatraz Recovering In Marin County
SAUSALITO (CBS SF) — Marin County’s Marine Mammal Center has been caring for a sea lion pup that was rescued from a dock on Alcatraz Island two weeks ago, spokesman Jim Oswald said. The barely...
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