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Sea Lion Saved from Streets of San Francisco

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Sometimes, it simply is a wonderful feeling to see some good news in the world of animal awareness.

Here is a story that shows you there are some good moments in life – in this case especially in the life of this sea lion.

“It’s not unusual to see a sea lion in San Francisco. For more than 25 years, California sea lions have been frequent visitors to San Francisco’s PIER 39, hauling out on the floating docks by the hundreds.

What is unusual, however, is to see a sea lion haul out of the water at a marina and cross the busy streets of San Francisco. But that’s exactly what happened last week when a sea lion pup found himself lost in San Francisco’s Marina District.

Luckily for this lost pup, he didn’t get far before the San Francisco Police Department arrived on the scene to keep him out of harm’s way until The Marine Mammal Center’s trained rescue team could bring him back to our hospital for care.”

Watch the video here:

http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/about-us/News-Room/2015-news-archives/rubbish.html#video

Thank you for spreading the word on animal awareness!

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Sea Creatures and Their Hearing

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Noise pollution is not only an issue above the water but more and more below the water, too. Many creatures of the oceans have had to adapt to the interference of noise but not always successfully. A new threat is the seismic blasting that takes place in several different regions of the Atlantic. Warnings have come up over the past few years, but so far no one has stepped up and stopped this new torture on animals.

Since “Companies are lining up to begin seismic blasting in the Atlantic. This precursor to offshore oil drilling subjects the marine environment to dynamite-like sound blasts that can go on for weeks on end. The result? As many as 138,000 dolphins and whales could suffer injury or possibly even death.”

You can read more here: http://www.nrdc.org/media/2015/150305.asp http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2014/02/140228-atlantic-seismic-whales-mammals/ http://oceana.org/publications/reports/deaf-whale-dead-whale-seismic-airgun-testing-oil-and-gas-threatens-marine-life

Thank you for spreading the word on animal awareness!

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Saving Pickles, the Sea Lion

Pickles, the sea lion. Photo: Alyssa Rickman, The Marine Mammal Center

Pickles, the sea lion. Photo: Alyssa Rickman, The Marine Mammal Center

One of the big tourist attractions in San Francisco is Pier 39 – and that is mainly because of the sea lions.

“When a sea lion was spotted at PIER 39 with monofilament fishing line wrapped around his neck, The Marine Mammal Center launched a daring rescue mission to save him.”

You can read more about the rescue of Pickles from the fishing line at
http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/about-us/News-Room/2014-news-archives/pickles.html

You can read more about sea lions at
http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/education/marine-mammal-information/pinnipeds/california-sea-lion/#.U6RlWhb-rwI

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