{"id":158,"date":"2012-04-23T22:24:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T22:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2012-04-23T22:24:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T22:24:30","slug":"seaworld-veterinarians-treat-sea-lion-for-gunshot-wound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/seaworld-veterinarians-treat-sea-lion-for-gunshot-wound\/","title":{"rendered":"SeaWorld Veterinarians Treat Sea Lion for Gunshot Wound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"paragraph1\">The California sea lion that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/Vets-Remove-Bullet-From-Sea-Lions-Flipper-139443628.html\">found\u00a0 with a bullet in its flipper<\/a> has healed and was released back into the wild\u00a0 on Friday, according to SeaWorld.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph2\">The sea lion was rescued on Feb. 11 after beachgoers in\u00a0 Oceanside noticed the injured animal on the shore. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.nbcbayarea.com\/images\/Sea+lion+called+Valentine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"188\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph3\">SeaWorld rescued the female sea lion, and it turned out she\u00a0 was also severely malnourished. Specialists removed the bullet from her flipper\u00a0 and bandaged up the wound.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph4\">The staff nicknamed her &#8220;Valentine&#8221; since she was rescued a\u00a0 few days before the holiday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph5\">After two months in the animal park&#8217;s rehabilitation program,\u00a0 Valentine gained more than 40 pounds and returned to full health.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph6\">SeaWorld said they returned the animal 2 to 3 miles off the\u00a0 coast in a good feeding area where dolphins, sea lions and sea birds were\u00a0 actively feeding.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/Sea-Lion-Healed-Returns-to-Ocean-148340655.html#ixzz1suARx9cO\">Healed Sea Lion Returns to Ocean | NBC San Diego<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California sea lion that was found\u00a0 with a bullet in its flipper has healed and was released back into the wild\u00a0 on Friday, according to SeaWorld. 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