BajaNomad
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Aid for stranded seal on beach near Las Gaviotas?
From the BN Facebook page:
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I live near las gaviotas there is stranded baby seal on the beach, do you know any organization in the Rosarito area that can help it?
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https://www.facebook.com/bajanomad/photos/a.535167689887820....
[Edited on 2-11-2015 by BajaNomad]
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motoged
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Most "stranded seal pups" are not stranded.....leave it alone :
http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/lifestyle/213198801.html?mobile=true
http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/currents/2014/05/22/public-urged-refrain-touching-seal-pups/
http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/ommsn/outreach/common
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toronja
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Unfortunately the west coast, particularly California, is awash with starving young sea lions at the moment for the third year in a row. When food
resources aren't readily available, the young of the year really struggle. No one is sure exactly what has changed, but most of the ones (dead and
alive) the Marine Mammal Center is seeing are suffering from starvation and associated illnesses.
A lot of different organizations can help disentangle seals, but few are willing/able to take in starving sea lion pups. There's also not a lot known
about how rehabilitated pups do after release (i.e., if the food resources still can't support a population that large, someone's not going to make
it). The potential for them to come to associate humans with food is also considerable after rehabilitation.
That said, a skinny, tired young pup will rest ashore in the same area for a couple of days, so, as motoged said, they are typically best left alone
to sleep, so that they don't waste resources being wary/fleeing helpful strangers.
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sounds like mother nature is rebalancing the seal population...it was definitely needed as the local population is out of control.
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