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Outbreak of neurotoxin killing unprecedented number of sea lions along California coast

By the time the rescue squad got to her, a small crowd had formed around the agitated California sea lion. “It’s really hard when they’re not acting like sea lions,” said Jake Roth, a 22-year-old volunteer who helped with the rescue. Climate & Environment Scores of reports of sick sea lions along California’s Central Coast The neurotoxin domoic acid is …

Scores of reports of sick sea lions along California’s Central Coast

Rescuers check a sea lion for domoic acid ingestion on Thursday at Surf Beach near Lompoc. Wildlife rescuers are reporting an uptick in diseased sea lions along California’s Central Coast. Giancarlo Rulli, a spokesman for the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, said that since mid-July, the center’s network has seen an increase in the number of affected sea lions along …

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 …

Toxic algae suspected in deaths of sea lions and dolphins on Southern California coast

LOS ANGELES — Marine mammal rescue organizations have been swamped with reports of sick and dead sea lions and dolphins along the Southern California coast this month, and experts believe a bloom of harmful algae is to blame. Hundreds of sea lions are believed to have died in the first weeks of June, according to a statement by the National …

What’s killing hundreds of sea lions and dozens of dolphins along the Southern California coast?

Sea lions recuperate at the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro on Tuesday. More than 1,000 marine mammals along the Southern California coast have gotten sick or died this month due to a bloom of toxic algae, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Please continue to report all sick and injured marine mammals as we are getting …