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Scared Sea Lion Pup Settles in Under Squad Car
NBC11 ^ | 5/21/09 | Jessica Greene

Posted on 05/21/2009 10:55:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Why did the sea lion cross the road? The better question might be: How did he get there?

A sea lion pup showed up in lanes of traffic on Richmond Parkway near Giant Highway in Richmond just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday.

When officers got there, the little pup hid under squad cars.

Cops eventually got it out and into a carrier case. It's now at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito and appears to be in good health.

Wildlife experts speculate the pup may have come from the ocean at San Pablo Bay or possibly a nearby creek. Marine mammal rescuers used a towel to pick up the 30-pound pup. A dispatcher at the rescue center's 24-hour telephone hotline said the youngster was not injured, just lost and a little scared.

Center spokeswoman Shelbi Stoudt said the pup is resting in a dry pen and waiting for its veterinary examination, which should be in a couple days.

Stoudt said babies usually wander when they are malnourished or have neurological problems and in this case the baby was "probably just hungry."


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: sealion

Video at site.

1 posted on 05/21/2009 10:55:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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I’m a sucker for cute baby animals. Glad this has a happy ending.


2 posted on 05/21/2009 11:03:14 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: nickcarraway

Awww. How cute! Nice to read a good story for a change.


3 posted on 05/21/2009 11:05:26 AM PDT by DallasDeb (USAFA '06 Mom)
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Terrified Sea Lion Pup, you say?
4 posted on 05/21/2009 11:09:33 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: nickcarraway

Glad to see it has a happy ending for the little guy.


5 posted on 05/21/2009 11:20:17 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective.)
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To: nickcarraway

zero destroying the USA and nbc news is this.


6 posted on 05/21/2009 11:22:31 AM PDT by devistate one four (Back by popular demand: America love or leave it (GTFOOMC) TET68)
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To: devistate one four

This is just local San Francisco news, not national NBC news.

...and the national news is in the tank for Zero.


7 posted on 05/21/2009 11:25:29 AM PDT by MediaMole
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To: nickcarraway
Glenn Beck was telling us just yesterday that Arnold had proposed cutting the Sea Lion budget...I think he said a whopping $125,000 a year to help with the $21 billion budget defecit.
8 posted on 05/21/2009 11:27:46 AM PDT by blam
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To: brytlea

Me too!


9 posted on 05/21/2009 11:33:12 AM PDT by pandoraou812 (elected officials should be required to pass drug, alcohol & dementia testing)
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To: nickcarraway

reverse evolution.


10 posted on 05/21/2009 11:38:38 AM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: blam
I thought it was the sea otter budget, but I may have misheard. Silly to have when you're up to your eyeballs in debt anyway--a budget for critters (research maybe?)
11 posted on 05/21/2009 1:03:41 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: pandoraou812

On the other hand, he probably has some serious teeth! :)


12 posted on 05/21/2009 1:04:24 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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"I thought it was the sea otter budget, but I may have misheard."

I may be wrong too.

Yes, first of all to have such an item in the budget and then to think that cutting it $125k would substancially affect the $21 billion defecit, silly. (That was Glenn's point, I think)

13 posted on 05/21/2009 1:07:51 PM PDT by blam
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Yeah it was, but I admit when I heard him say it I thought, THIS is why I don’t feel sorry for CA. They are mostly idiots!


14 posted on 05/21/2009 1:09:40 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: nickcarraway

AWWWW


15 posted on 05/21/2009 1:11:51 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: nickcarraway
Why did the baby sea lion cross the road?,

The first club was too hard to get into.

16 posted on 05/21/2009 1:13:47 PM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: nickcarraway

Aww..poor little guy.

Geez! It’s been forever since I’ve posted here.


17 posted on 05/21/2009 2:13:58 PM PDT by baker_girl
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