Kalle, sea lion star! Sep 7, 2009
Kalle is a California sea lion. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Houston Zoo Sea Lion Dies Aug 15, 2009
The California sea lion passed away Thursday morning at his pool in the Houston Zoo's McGovern Mammal Marina ... According to Houston Zoo Sea Lion Curator Beth Schaefer, the normal life expectancy of California sea lions ranges between 15 and 25 years. (Click2Houston, TX)
2 bombs explode on Spanish island Aug 10, 2009
Aug. 7: A newborn California sea lion cub named Diego swims for zoo-goers in Berlin. Msnbc. (MSNBC -- International)
Click to read:Mammal Mystery Spurs Calif. Rescue Mission Aug 7, 2009
The percentage of California sea lions in need of rescue increased possibly due to an overpopulation of these animals, and a weather pattern bringing warmer water to the coast ... The Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach is flooded with starving California sea lion pups ... The Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach is flooded with starving California sea lion pups, reports CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy. (CBS News)
Minn. zoo: 1 of oldest sea lions in N. Amer. dies Aug 5, 2009
Zoo officials in St. Paul are mourning the death of Sparky V, a California sea lion believed to be one of the oldest male sea lion in North America at the age of 31. Sparky V stopped performing at the Como Park Zoo rvatory in 2001, but trainers there continued to work with him daily until he died Monday. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Sea lion found on Calif. freeway returns to ocean Jul 19, 2009
Fruitvale, the California sea lion rescued from I-880 in Oakland, is released near the Farallon Islands, 27 miles west of San Francisco. Saturday, July 18, 2009. (Anchorage Daily News)
Sick sea lions present a mystery Jun 20, 2009
His theory is that the burgeoning California sea lion population of 300,000 is producing so many pups that more of the yearlings are showing up on the beaches after weaning at 6 months to 1 1/2 years. Mark Lowry, research fishery biologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla (San Diego County), echoed Cordero's assessment. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Marine Mammal Center ready for patients, people Jun 3, 2009
Other animals in residence, first fed with feeding tubes and then with small fish, are 55 California sea lion pups and 17 northern elephant seal pups, all being bulked up for release. Three of the California sea lions brought in over the weekend couldn't be saved. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Salmon, sea lions scarce at Bonneville Dam May 9, 2009
It has been three weeks since Oregon and Washington fisheries managers have caught a salmon-eating California sea lion in traps at the dam, and so far this year the run of adult spring chinook at the dam is roughly half of usual ... The states can remove up to 85 of the California sea lions a year for five years to reduce pressure on the salmon runs ... The California sea lions are protected under the 1972 Marine Mammals Protection Act, which has an amendment allowing states to remove sea lions... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Swimming in controversy, C265 was pioneer Apr 18, 2009
Last month, C265 became the first California sea lion legally euthanized by the government since a landmark law protecting the pinnipeds passed nearly 40 years ago. It was the last of many firsts tallied by C265, whose life and death offer insight into a novel government program on the Columbia River that uses taxpayer money to kill one species in order to save another. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Pittsburgh Zoo expecting sea lion pup Apr 14, 2009
California sea lion populations, once decimated by hunting and fishermen, are increasing, but they remain protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Don Hopey can be reached at or 412-263-1983. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Sea lion euthanized after capture at Bonneville Dam Mar 13, 2009
Authorities said the California sea lion was trapped because it had been regularly feeding in the waters below Bonneville Dam ... Last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted Oregon, Washington and Idaho the authority to trap, transfer or lethally control California sea lions caught feeding on federally protected salmon and steelhead. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Audubon sea lion dies Mar 7, 2009
NEW ORLEANS A California sea lion at the Audubon Zoo has died after succumbing from what experts believe was a kidney tumor, zoo officials said in a statement ... While zoo officials said the typical lifespan of a California sea lion is between 15 and 25 years of age, Cinnamon, who was a female, lived to the ripe age of 33. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Houston Zoo's Deano the sea lion in intensive care after cataract surgery Feb 21, 2009
HOUSTON Deano, a 25-year-old California sea lion, was in intensive care Friday after undergoing cataract surgery in both eyes. Also Online. (KHOU.com, TX)
Sea Lion To Have Cataract Surgery Feb 20, 2009
Deano, a 25-year-old California sea lion, has detached lenses in his left and right eyes, which has caused him to lose vision in both eyes ... California sea lions can live into their 30s. (Click2Houston, TX)
