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Sea Lion Bites Surfer Amid One of the Worst Outbreaks of Domoic Acid Poisoning That California Wildlife Rescuers Can Remember
It started as a normal surf session for RJ LaMendola. He was roughly 150 yards from the beach in Southern California, riding ...
Trump administration cuts to NOAA threaten efforts to save sea lions from toxic plankton
Redondo Beach — The Trump administration’s targeting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will jeopardize ...
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Surge in poisoned sea lions threatens Southern California beachgoers, burdens rescuers
LOS ANGELES — Sea lions and other ocean mammals in Southern California are falling victim to a poisoning event that a local expert calls the worst in recent memory. It is stranding the mammals ...
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Unprecedented number of sick, stranded sea lions being found on Los Angeles beaches
The animal rescue organization has been taking in up to eight sea lions or marine mammals a day in recent weeks, Warner said. Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment ...
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Alert issued for toxic algae, sea mammals stranding in Los Angeles County
Wildlife officials are warning the public of a toxic algae bloom affecting marine mammals along Los Angeles County beaches ... This warning comes after months of sea lions, dolphins and other ...
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Surfer bitten by sick sea lion off Oxnard coast
A surfer was sent to the hospital after a sick sea lion attacked him off the Oxnard coast. The surfer, RJ LaMendola, said he was roughly 150 yards away from the share when the sick sea lion ...
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A dead sea lion was left alone ‘for nature to take its course.’ Someone decapitated it instead
Someone cut off the head of a sea lion in Northern California, and authorities are now offering $20,000 for information that helps find the perpetrator. The body of the mutilated animal was found ...