A 32-year-old man is going to prison after pleading guilty to beating a sick sea lion on a California beach, officials said.

The Huntington Beach nonprofit says 45% of the 8,000 wildlife it cares for annually comes from OC Animal Care's service area.

Brown pelicans were released back into the wild after being rehabilitated from domoic acid poisoning in Southern California.

After being poisoned during a toxic algal bloom earlier this year, a flock of rehabilitated brown pelicans returned to the wild on Wednesday morning. Animal care experts at Wetlands and Wildlife ...

Animal care staff at the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center nursed the 13 pelicans back to health as a domoic acid poisoning event sickened marine life along the entire Southern California coastline.

Lefebvre has been studying harmful algae blooms for her entire career and was involved in the first-ever study in 1998 that found domoic acid was impacting marine mammals in Central California.

A sea lion suffering from domoic acid poisoning was beaten on a Ventura beach, prosecutors say. Now, a Santa Paula man has pleaded guilty to multiple charges.

A sea lion suffering from domoic acid poisoning was beaten on a Ventura beach, prosecutors say. Now, a Santa Paula man has pleaded guilty to multiple charges.

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