14 DAY TRIAL // The Pacific Marine Mammal Center in California has recently declared a state of emergency following its realizing that, since the beginning of 2013 and up until nowadays, a tad too many sea lion pups have had to be rescued.
More precisely, a total of 112 sea lion pups had to be taken in by the staff at said animal sanctuary, and odds are that many more will shortly follow.
Information shared with the public says that, in just 48 hours' time, a total of 18 such animals needed urgent medical attention following their being discovered swimming about all skin and bones.
“They’re coming in pretty much skin and bones and we’re starting to see their systems shut down. It’s unusual. Last year at this time we only had 10 rescues. We’re up to 112 this year,” Executive Director Keith Matassa told members of the press.
“We are a hospital, not all the patients make it through. Those animals are fully examined. We do a necropsy, basically an autopsy on the animal — take samples and try to find out what’s causing them to die,” Keith Matassa later added.