GULFPORT, Miss. -- Four young sea lions stranded on California beaches have a new home at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. More than 1,000 sea lion pups have been abandoned on California beaches since January, more than three times the usual number. The reason for the stranding is unclear, but without their mothers' milk and protection, the sea lions are starving. IMMS is the only public display facility in the United States that has a permit to acquire stranded sea lions, said Moby Solangi, executive director of IMMS in Gulfport. It’s the first public display facility outside California to receive the abandoned pups. (Source: Sun Herald, 05/27/13)
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