A wayward sea lion was rescued Friday morning after it managed to wander to the side of a freeway near San Diego’s Fairmount Park neighborhood and marine wildlife rescuers say this wasn’t the first time the animal was spotted in a peculiar place.
"We ran a few breaks to slow down traffic just so the sea lion doesn’t get scared and start moving back into traffic lanes," Officer Castro said."This was a pretty unique situation," Otjen recalled."We don’t often get a call about a sea lion on the freeway so this was kind of an emergency. We got here as fast as we could."
Tactfully using three large nets, the rescue crew was able to capture the sea lion and guide it to a large metal cage they then used to transport it to safety. Otjen said this wasn't their first rodeo with this particular sea lion since they have rescued it from strange places in the past.A video posted to their InstagramIt remains unclear how the sea lion traveled so far from the ocean and ended up on the freeway side.
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