Olive made headlines in February 2009 when she was found covered in oil and near death on Santa Cruz County in Sunset State Beach . Her 'thick and tarry ' fur was cleaned with a combination of diluted dish soap and olive oil , hence her name . She went on to make a full recovery and was released back to the wild . However , a beachgoer found her body with fatal shark bite wounds on March 22 near Santa Cruz County in California .
Olive made headlines in February 2009 when she was found covered in oil and near death on Sunset State Beach in Santa Cruz County . Her 'thick and tarry ' fur was cleaned with a combination of diluted dish soap and olive oil , hence her name . She went on to make a full recovery and was released back to the wild . However , a beachgoer found her body with fatal shark bite wounds on March 22 near Sunset State Beach in California .