Irving the Sea Lion Pup's Second Chance

0:00It's April 21st, California news today starts now, AI-powered and ready. A sea lion pup showed up on a San Francisco street corner near 48th and Irving, just a block from Ocean Beach, and rescuers named him Irving. This 10-month-old weighs only 40 pounds, so he's seriously malnourished, but officials at the Marine Mammal Center say he's active and quite, feisty, which is a good sign. Last week, a train responder from the center teamed up with park rangers and police to safely scoop him into a crate. They got him quick help from a local animal hospital, too, given a little guy a real shot at survival. For a pup in his first year, learning to hunt on his own is tough, and that's likely why he's in such rough shape. The team praised the fast response from everyone involved, calling it a second chance at life. Vets took blood samples to check for hidden issues, and now Irving's getting too fed a fish-moody blend two times a day to build up hydration, and, wait, whole herring feeds start soon,

1:00and he's in the center's intensive quarantine unit before moving to a rehab pool this week. With specialized care ahead, the center's hopeful he'll recover strong enough for release, back into the wild down the line.