It's pupping season and sea lions are more vulnerable and aggressive. The City of San Diego says recently there have been concerning encounters.
It's pupping season and sea lions are more vulnerable and aggressive. The City of San Diego says recently there have been concerning encounters.SAN DIEGO — There’s calmness about the waves crashing in Point La Jolla but there is chaos down in the Cove.. San Diego park rangers are now sending a warning to people to keep their distance from the sea lions. It’s pupping season for the sea lions and that makes them more vulnerable and more aggressive.
“It’s very hard for us to watch this. It’s really quite shocking,” said Carol Toye, Sierra Club Seal Society of San Diego.“We should be a bus length away, but these people, there’s no visual clues, there’s no signage on the beach, so people are left to make their own decisions,” said Toye.“Signage is ok but there could be more,” said Laney Bice, visiting from Texas.
“We have signs. We have staff here on a daily basis that help educate people,” said Michael Ruiz, San Diego Park Ranger Chief. Still city park rangers can educate and warn the public that it is a federal offense to harass sea lions.and in another incident, a crowd was seen on camera scattering as a male sea lion charged towards them in La Jolla.
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