We have been seeing emaciated or dehydrated sea lions show up on beaches. Justin Greenman More Quotes by Justin Greenman More Quotes From Justin Greenman There has been an unusually high number of sea lions stranded since January, stranding does happen, but just to give you perspective, 1,800 [sea lion] pups have been responded to this year alone. We responded to 1,600 strandings total during the entire year in 2013. Justin Greenman top-news They [sea lion pups] have to be able to eat and fish on their own before they can be released back into the wild, and a lot of these pups haven't even been weaned. Justin Greenman top-news