Rescued sea lion…

DSC00015We were taking our San Diego Sunday walk in La Jolla and we spotted a lot of folks down below on the cliffs, a Sea World rescue truck nearby, some sea lions down below on the rocks… and one sea lion with a large cut on her back.

The following is what happened next:


DSC09987Everyone was staying away from the sea lions…


DSC09989The sea lion on the far right seemed to be injured…


DSC09990One of the Sea World employees circled behind the injured sea lion…


DSC09991They caught the injured sea lion in a large net…


DSC09992They tried to calm the injured animal..


DSC09993They used a second net as a lid over the capture net…


DSC09994They twisted the capture net closed and put the handle of the second net through the capture net as a extra lifting device…


DSC09995Up the stairs they went…


DSC09997All the time the captured sea lion was trying to bite its rescuers…


DSC09998They got the injured animal onto the lift gate of the truck…


DSC09999Untwisted the net…


DSC00001Into the box she goes…


DSC00005Job well done! Off to the sea lion hospital…


The Sea World crew were fast and efficient, rescuing the injured sea lion with a minimum of stress to the animal, and in a few weeks the injured animal will be returned to the wild. The applause of the crowd was a good end to the story.