Authorities would like people to stop decapitating dead sea lions
Authorities would like people to stop decapitating dead sea lions Jason Weisberger 11:11 am Mon Sep 21, 2026 Two sea lions have been found decapitated, roughly 100 miles apart. One in San Francisco and the other in Pacific Grove. It appears someone took home the head of a dead sea lion that washed up on San Francisco's Ocean Beach; they left the rest.
- ▪Authorities would like people to stop decapitating dead sea lions Jason Weisberger 11:11 am Mon Sep 21, 2026 Two sea lions have been found decapitated, roughly 100 miles apart.
- ▪One in San Francisco and the other in Pacific Grove.
- ▪It appears someone took home the head of a dead sea lion that washed up on San Francisco's Ocean Beach; they left the rest.
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| Publication time | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:11:44 +0000 |
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Authorities would like people to stop decapitating dead sea lions Jason Weisberger 11:11 am Mon Sep 21, 2026 Two sea lions have been found decapitated, roughly 100 miles apart. One in San Francisco and the other in Pacific Grove. It appears someone took home the head of a dead sea lion that washed up on San Francisco's Ocean Beach; they left the rest. A local representative of the California Academy of Sciences speculated someone may have wanted a trophy, which is awfully gross and weird. Sea lions smell when they are alive; dead and rotting, they are of particularly little use. Officials remind the public that interfering with marine mammal carcasses is a serious federal offense.
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