439K views · 754 reactions | Desperate sea lion had a lucky escape 玲 | LADbible Ireland | Facebook

SEA LION RESCUE: Members of SeaWorld San Diego's rescue team carefully work to clean off a female sea lion covered with a large amount of oil from the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill http://nbcnews.to/1LsYpcl | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

15K views · 359 reactions | WATCH: A sea lion was spotted with some sort of trauma to its back flipper in Avila Beach, marine wildlife crews approached it slowly using shields to obscure their shapes and serve as protection during the rescue. READ MORE: https://bit.ly/3scF1xX | FOX26 | Facebook

Last week, the SeaWorld San Diego rescue team received a call from a boater in San Diego Bay near Point Loma that reported a sea lion on a buoy with his had stuck inside a welded piece of metal, a rare position for a sea lion to be in. In response to the call, the SeaWorld Rescue Team requested the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department (HPD) to confirm the animal’s location and the condition of the animal. Once HPD confirmed the animal’s location, they picked up and transported three SeaWor