A SEA LION, THAT WAS RESCUED TWICE IN SANTA CRUZ OVER THE SUMMER, WAS RESCUED AGAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND….IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY….2 MILES AWAY FROM WATER. THE FACT THAT HER NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY LED MARINE MAMMAL CENTER WORKERS TO TEST THE SEA LION, DISCOVERING DOMOIC ACID POISONING. THE POISONING, WHICH IS CAUSED WHEN SEA LIONS EAT FISH that have CONSUMED TOXIC ALGAE HAS CAUSED EXTREME DAMAGE. BECAUSE SEVERELY BRAIN DAMAGED SEA LIONS CAN’T SURVIVE (EITHER IN CAPTIVITY, OR IN THE WILD), THE 170 POUND FEMALE SEA LION WILL BE EUTHANIZED.
