article_snippet: At SeaWorld, in San Diego, its sea lion show has been suspended and two temporary pools have been dedicated to housing pups like this one on Laguna Beach, in the hope two temporary pools can be saved .
article_snippet: It's not unusual to have some sea lions wash up each spring as More than 1,100 sick or starving sea lion pups leave some sea lions mothers, but Keith A. Matassa, executive director at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, said Keith A. Matassa, executive director at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center started getting calls in December.
article_snippet: An hour down the coast, the situation is so bad that SeaWorld, in San Diego, suspended its sea lion show so its can focus on rescue efforts.
article_snippet: Scientists aren't sure what's causing a crisis, but suspect that warmer waters from this winter's mild El Nino weather pattern are impacting the sea lion birthing grounds along the Channel Islands off the Southern California coast.
article_snippet: The warm water is likely pushing prime sea lion foods - market squid, sardines and anchovies - further north, forcing the mothers to abandon the mothers pups for up to eight days at a time in search of sustenance.
article_snippet: Warming: The surge could be down to rising sea temperatures, pushing the sea lion's normal food north .
highlights_snippet: Situation so dire California's SeaWorld has suspended California's SeaWorld sea lion show .
  