Sea lions are returning to San Francisco’s Pier 39 after an abrupt disappearance that left tourists disappointed and experts baffled. The number is fluctuating.
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Sea lion wounded in fall shooting to live at Vallejo park
Injured sea lion Sgt.
Famous SF sea lions may have turned up near Oregon
More than 1,500 sea lions that abruptly disappeared from San Francisco’s Pier 39 may have gone 500 miles north to the central Oregon coast.
San Francisco’s famous sea lions have vanished
SAN FRANCISCO — Last month, marine scientists counted more than 1,500 sea lions on fabled Pier 39, a record number that delighted tourists and baffled experts. Why so many
NorCal man pleads not guilty in sea lion attack
YUBA CITY, Calif. — A Sacramento fisherman accused of shooting a sea lion in the head in November has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of cruelty to animals. Forty-three-year-old Larry Legans entered the plea Monday in a Sutter County courtroom
Wounded sea lion slips to critical condition
The sea lion allegedly shot by a fisherman in the Sacramento River is in critical condition after being rescued Saturday and might not survive. Experts and volunteers from the Marine Mammal Center rescued the animal from a floating dock in Knights Landing on Saturday, then transported it to their treatment center in Sausalito
Wounded sea lion returns to Delta
The sea lion observed Monday in Clarksburg has a head wound. Sacramento’s injured sea lion returned to the Delta on Monday, popping up in Clarksburg with the unhealed gunshot wound in its head still visible. Residents of the town, on the Sacramento River, notified the Marine Mammal Center after they recognized the animal from news coverage of the shooting.
Wounded sea lion seen in S.F.; 2nd animal apparently shot
The photo above of an apparently wounded sea lion on a Sacramento River buoy near Martinez was taken Tuesday.
Injured sea lion in Sacramento River eludes rescuers
A sea lion with an injury near its eye was seen near Tower Bridge. Rescuers have been unable to find a sea lion that had made its way up the Sacramento River to near Old Sacramento and appeared to suffer from a severe eye injury.
Expert team helps search for injured sea lion in river
A sea lion with an injury near its eye was seen near Tower Bridge. The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito has sent three people to Sacramento in hopes of finding and rescuing a large sea lion that appears to be suffering a severe eye injury. A citizen on Wednesday reported to Sacramento police that the animal had a gunshot wound
