‘Crisis period’: Dead or dying marine mammals increasingly washing up on SoCal beaches

‘Crisis period’: Dead or dying marine mammals increasingly washing up on SoCal beaches

On a Venice beach, marine mammal care expert Debbie Kinney placed orange cones on the sand, trying to keep people away from the writhing sea lion just a few yards away. The sea lion is just one of many marine mammals that have been washing ashore, dead or dying, along the Southern California coast. Thus far, officials estimate people have made more than 1,000 calls about sick or dead sea lions, seals, dolphins and other marine mammals