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SAUSALITO, Calif. (AP) -- A California sea lion blinded by a gunshot wound is recovering at Sausalito's Marine Mammal Center six weeks after it was found in Santa Cruz.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that Whirlybird was taken to Sausalito after he was found listless and unresponsive on a set of stairs near Corcoran Lagoon on July 2. A gunshot wound to the face left the young animal blind in both eyes.

Marine Mammal Center spokesman Jim Oswald says Whirlybird is recovering nicely, but won't be able to return to the wild.

Oswald says Whirlybird has befriended a sea lion named Old Ray who is also a gunshot wound victim.

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8/15/121:15 PM

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GiseleMember

Hunans are getting uglier by the minute.
Are we ever going to stop torturing and destroying the animals on this planet???

Sue 1Member

This is absolutely disgusting.
I am quite speechless.

Sue

IndaMerit-Amun

This is really sad, what else can I say.

Love, Inda

Vicky2Member

Thank you girls, and I agree, this is really very sad.

Love,
Vicky

8/20/1212:56 PM

yokoMember

This is extremely distressing and also very sad.
Poor sea lion.How could anyone do this to a poor animal?

Love,
yoko

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