Algae blooming along the California coast — so toxic that it’s causing fatal brain damage in sea lions and dolphins — has reached San Diego, resulting in a recent surge of sick and potentially aggressive animals washing ashore. “We see these animals coming in every year, but this is just a big bloom,” said SeaWorld San Diego veterinarian Dr. Kelsey …
Dr. Alissa Deming, left, and veterinarian assistant Malena Berndt give medicine to sea lion Patsy at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach in June. But “it’s not like this is a rabid sea lion running down the beach chasing people and biting them,” said Dr. Alissa Deming of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach. It’s not …
