THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SEA LIONS - The famous San Francisco Pier 39 Sea Lions are gone

What happened to the sea lions on Pier 39? Colony of mammals inhabiting San Francisco dock mysteriously disappear.

San Francisco pier was once home to more than 1,700 sea lions

The mammals arrived following the 1989 earthquake

In 2009 numbers swelled to more than 1,500 then dropped to just 10

 

Photos of the site before and after. 

What happened to them?  



Read more
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2676479/What-happened-sea-lions-Pier-39-Colony-mammals-inhabiting-San-Francisco-dock-mysteriously-disappear-overnight.html

Here is an article describing the disappearance and reappearance of sea lions in 2009.  They were following herring.
Read more
http://www.care2.com/causes/mystery-of-the-missing-sea-lions-of-san-francisco-solved.html

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