article_snippet: you see those pups around this time of year' Nearly 2,000 seas lions have washed up on shores in California in sick and starving conditions so far this year .
article_snippet: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes as California remains in the midst of a sea lion pup crisis, with nearly 2,000 of the animals having washed up on the state's shores in sick and starving conditions so far this year.
article_snippet: Last week, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sounded the alarm over the surge in famished pupsthe surge in famished pups, saying there has been 'an unusually large increase' in sea lion strandings.
article_snippet: In a conference call with reporters, an NOAA official said that up to March 15, more than 1,800 sea lions had been recorded, 750 of which were brought into the group's facilities, to be fed back up.
article_snippet: Experts believe warming ocean temperatures are partly responsible for the enormous rise in sea lion strandings .
article_snippet: Experts believe warming sea temperatures are at least, in part, responsible for the enormous rise in sea lion strandings, changing the availability of fish and other organisms on which sea lions prey.
article_snippet: Female sea lions, which weigh some 100 kilos (against some 400 kg for males), have to swim further to find food, leading Female sea lions, which weigh some 100 kilos (against some 400 kg for males) to become prematurely separated from Female sea lions, which weigh some 100 kilos (against some 400 kg for males) pups.