article_snippet.sent: NOAA said in a news release last month that California sea lion pups have been found extremely underweight and dying, possibly because of an ocean with fewer things to eat.
article_snippet.sent: CNN have been seeing emaciated or dehydrated sea lions show up on beaches," Justin Greenman, assistant stranding coordinator for NOAA on the West Coast, told CNN.
article_snippet.sent: The numbers are overwhelming facilities that care for the stranded sea lions, most of whom are pups, local officials said.
article_snippet.sent: Record number of sea lion pups stranded in California .