A marine life crisis unfolds


A sea lion washed up on the beach in Santa Monica, California. — Loren Elliott/The New York Times

ADAM Fox grabbed the nets and the cage from the back of his pickup truck. Something in the sand was disturbing the iconic Southern California scenery at the Santa Monica Pier.

A sea lion had washed up on the beach just north of the Ferris wheel. It was alive but gravely ill, disoriented and near-comatose.

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