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Sea lion found on Calif. highway
California Highway Patrol Officer Peter Van Eckhardt said Oakland police were called to Highway 880 about 5:45 a.m. Monday to investigate reports of a sea lion waddling south on the center divider of the northbound lanes, KTVU-TV, Oakland, reported.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported the sea lion is believed to be about a year old.
"We were getting gas and heard it come over the radio that there was a sea lion on the freeway," Oakland Police Officer Naomi Johnson told KTVU. "We thought it was a joke but we went for a look and there was actually a sea lion blocking traffic. So we opened the door and he climbed right in. So we put him in the back of the car as our new prisoner.
"When I saw the sea lion, I just started laughing. I just thought -- 'Man, I love this job.'"
The nearby Marin Marine Mammal Center sent a truck to pick up the sea lion, but the police officers said it was reluctant to go inside the truck after jumping down from the car. The mammal hid beneath the police car and had to be coaxed out and into the transportation cage.
The sea lion was taken to the center for evaluation.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 06/23/2009
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06-27-2009 00:20
bobbyr54 wrote:
Sea Lion
I am sorry NG, but you are wrong when you said they should have taken it immediately to the ocean. It may have been sick or it might have ingested some human made material that caused it to be disoriented and end up on a freeway in the first place. There had to be something wrong with it or was more of a pet or something. Why would it have gotten into the back of the police car all by itself so easily with no coaxing?
No, the most humane thing they could have done was just what they did do; unless you would have preferred they put it down.
No, the most humane thing they could have done was just what they did do; unless you would have preferred they put it down.
06-25-2009 18:52
kotoc wrote:
Maybe they wanted to keep it?? Have it as their "police mascot?" LOL!
06-25-2009 07:14
Ng wrote:
Sea lion found on Calif. highway
Why is there a need to bring the sealion back to the station for evaluation? This is even more of a joke. They should get it back into the sea immediately instead.
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