/ Source: KSBY-TV
Friday, July 31, 2009
Reported by: Stacy Daniel
If you spend any time at the beach, you may have noticed a number of sea lions washing up on Central Coast shores.
Experts at the Marine Mammal Center in Morro Bay say they are seeing an unusual number of strandings this year.
Rehab centers for marine mammals are taking in almost three times the number of injured, sick and malnourished sea lions that they normally do.
It is estimated that just 20 percent of all newborn sea lions survive.
So far this year, 860 sea lions have been taken in for rehabilitation.
Their overpopulation and scarce food options could be to blame.
