A Slow Death

This makes me sick. Most people love the wilderness, animals & the water. But it is many of these people who are to lazy to pick up after themselves and for others when needed. Once again "MAN" is responsible, but does not have the pay the price that this Sea Lion is doing.

I live on Long Isnand, NY where we have an incredible amount of beautiful beaches. But these beaches always have a lot of man's rubbish on them.

Other then the obvious it must be neat to bwe able to see the Seal Lions. They are beautiful and great picture. We have the Seals here and I like watching them. Thanks for sharing.

Oh my God~~ how sad. People just do not know enough about nature to wake up and get with the program. Keep up the good work Sandy.

Great capture but a little depressing. I just finished cleaning up the garbage along the road in front of my farm and it still baffles me why people throw things out of their car.

Phil - because they are too damn lazy to use a trash can.
Sandy

You might remember I posted a similar shot of a sea lion a few weeks back taken is the same area. Seems that this is almost a weekly occurence in La Jolla. Just google "Lajolla Sea Lion rescue" and you'll see a list of animal rescues or animals in distress all from this area. Because this is an underwater park, fishermen know it is full of fish so they basically surround the area with lobster traps, fishing nets... anything to catch the hapless creature that dare step over the line. You can see the outline of the underwater park by connecting the dots of lobster trap buoys every 10 feet or so around the perimeter. But don't dare mention the thought of cutting back the number of commercial lobster fishermen or expanding the no catch zone. Then there are the poachers that go into the reserve at night.... I could go on and on.

I have logged over 2000 dives in this preserve, and over 5000 dives in San Diego in the past 35 years. This miniscule reserve probably has more sea life than any other area along the coast between LA and San Diego. It is a place to go to remember what it used to be like all over.

http://lajolla.patch.com/articles/video-san-diego-lifeguard-and-seaworld-rescue-sea-lion-in-la-jolla#video-9305661

Oh, and congratulations on the WP. That's what I came here for.

Sandy, It's a shame that there are scenes like this, so thanks for reporting it and posting here, and spreading the word about volulteer efforts. Those are ways to help reduce the number of similar travesties we will have to document in the future.
Well-deserved WP.

Thanks for posting this Sandy. It is very unfortunate, perhaps your efforts to highlight this will help.

Well deserved WP.

Ray