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Rescuers Save Entangled Steller Sea Lion in BC
12/19/2025
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Story summary
- A team of marine mammal experts in Cowichan Bay, BC, searched for a female Steller sea lion entangled in an orange rope.
- They sighted the animal on December 8 after a month of effort.
- The rope caused a deep neck gash that risked her life.
- Dr. Martin Haulena of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society sedated the animal with a dart gun.
