An out-of-place Steller sea lion stopped traffic in Valdez on Friday, making a memorable morning for police officers tasked with herding the wayward marine mammal back to the water.
renowned fat bears of Katmai National Park and PreserveAn out-of-place Steller sea lion stopped traffic in the Prince William Sound community of Valdez on Friday morning, making for a memorable shift for patrol Sgt. Chad Clements with the Valdez Police Department.
Soon, they received a call that the sea lion had moved to the parking lot of an RV park near the local Captain Joe’s Gas Station — even farther from the water than where it was initially spotted.The sergeant, along with a few other officers, went out to locate the sea lion. Police officers used their cars in an attempt to herd it toward the water, sounding their sirens every once in a while to move the wayward mammal along.“It took a while,” Clements said.
It was Friday morning, around the time school starts, so it was busy in town. By the time officers shepherded the sea lion to the Richardson Highway, they had to halt traffic to allow for the lumbering behemoth to cross the street and get into the water. The RV park’s manager even offered the use of his backhoe to help usher the animal across the highway and through a swampy area.
Once the sea lion returned to the water, officers thought the encounter was over. But as the animal moved across the town’s tidal flats, it returned on a different road, crossing over to the Valdez dry dock at the harbor. Officers once again had to coax the marine mammal back toward the water.A sea lion was persuaded back to the water after the large animal made its way inland, twice, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.
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