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 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 said Monday.
The female sea lion was spotted near McLaughlin Eastshore State Park about 7 p.m.
The animal had somehow meandered inland and was surrounded by vegetation that blocked its view of the water, center spokesman Giancarlo Rulli said.
Fortunately, it didn’t make it as far as the frontage road, Rulli said.
With help from East Bay Regional Park District police officers, marine mammal staff loaded the animal into a rescue truck. It was later released near Fort Baker, according to Rulli.
Anyone who spots a marine mammal in distress is urged to call the Marine Mammal Center’s hotline at (415) 289-SEAL (7325). For more information, people can visit the center’s site at http://www.marinemammalcenter.org.
Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area. © 2022 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited.
Police are investigating a shooting early Monday morning in San Francisco's Mission District.
A motorcyclist was airlifted to a hospital after crashing in Brentwood on Monday afternoon, according to the East Contra...
A 3-year-old girl who was run over and killed by a driver in the Sears parking lot at the...
