Animal rescuers in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties say they've been inundated in recent days with reports of sick sea lions washing up on shore, showing signs they may have been poisoned by a harmful algal bloom.
Sea lions are stranding themselves on a long stretch of the California coast and showing signs that they may have been poisoned by a bloom of harmful algae, experts said Thursday.The Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute said that since July 26, it has been inundated by daily reports of sick sea lions along 155 miles of shoreline in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, northwest of Los Angeles.
Coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base released photos of sea lions being rescued from one of its beaches on July 29.The California coast commonly sees outbreaks of domoic acid poisoning, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NOAA Fisheries.An outbreak last year was particularly severe, with hundreds sea lions and dozens of dolphins dying in the first weeks of June.
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