{"id":10595,"date":"2017-05-23T16:05:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T23:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taraval.org\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2017-05-24T11:42:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T18:42:49","slug":"sfpd-rescues-baby-california-sea-lion-at-great-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/?p=10595","title":{"rendered":"SFPD Rescues Baby California Sea Lion At Great Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article\u00a0written by Fiona Lee of Hoodlike:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/hoodline.com\/2017\/05\/sfpd-rescues-baby-california-sea-lion-at-great-highway<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yesterday morning, a baby California sea lion was rescued from the median on Great Highway at Pacheco Street by police officers from Taraval Station and a volunteer from The Marine Mammal Cente<\/a>r (TMMC).<\/p>\n

SFPD first received a call about a young sea lion found in the plants on the median at 9:14am, Captain Denise Flaherty of Taraval Station told us. The station contacted TMMC’s rescue department, who immediately dispatched a trained rescue volunteer.<\/p>\n

Before the volunteer arrived, officers kept an eye on the sea lion and stayed in contact with TMMC to ensure that it didn’t wander into traffic on the Great Highway.<\/p>\n

By 10am, TMMC, police officers and a bystander rescued the seal lion, who has since been named “Kyle.” (Officers Kyle Roach and Nicholas Delgado took part in the rescue.) As a precautionary measure, it is currently in intensive care at TMMC’s hospital in Sausalito.<\/p>\n

“The sea lion has no visible injuries and is active and alert,” TMMC’s Giancarlo Rulli said. “It\u2019s currently being tube-fed a special formula of electrolytes to help boost nutrition and hydration until it is healthy enough to eat fish.”<\/p>\n

Later this week, Kyle will be examined by veterinarians to “determine the animal\u2019s sex and collect blood samples to determine the appropriate treatment,” said Rulli.<\/p>\n

In May 2016, police responded to this stranded sea lion pup. | Photo: SFPD<\/b><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The little sea lion had most likely made its way from nearby Ocean Beach.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re beginning to see an increase in the number of juvenile sea lion rescues across our range,\u201d said Laura Chapman, TMMC’s northern range operations manager, in a statement. \u201cWe ask that members of the public please keep a safe distance of at least 50 feet and give our rescue hotline a call…so a trained responder can access whether the animal needs to be rescued.\u201d<\/p>\n

California sea lions are the center’s most common patient, with 14 rescued so far this month.<\/p>\n

Captain Flaherty said this wasn’t the first time Taraval officers dealt with wayward sea mammals. Last April, Taraval Station rescued a stranded baby seal<\/a>\u00a0that had likely become separated from its mother; Richmond Station also rescued a distressed sea lion pup<\/a> in May 2016.<\/p>\n

Pinniped<\/a>\u00a0fans\u00a0can stay up to date on Kyle’s condition by visiting TMMC’s current patients page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you see a distressed marine mammal, please call TMMC’s 24-hour hotline<\/a> at 415-289-SEAL (7325).\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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