SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Police Department says two of its officers helped rescue a stranded baby sea lion they found shivering at a stairwell in the city's Ocean Beach neighborhood.
The department said Tuesday the pup tried to cuddle next to the officers to keep warm after they found him Monday morning.
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It says the officers stayed with the tired and frightened pinniped for several hours until a crew from the Marine Mammal Center arrived to pick up the seal the officers named "George Bison."
The center's spokeswoman, Lucy-Claire Saunders, tells the San Francisco Chronicle the baby sea lion is malnourished and is being fed a special formula of electrolytes through a tube to help boost its nutrition and hydration.
She says 300 sea lions, mostly pups and yearlings, have been rescued so far in 2016.
San Francisco police helped rescue a sea lion along the Great Highway, Monday, May 30, 2016. (San Francisco police/Facebook)
San Francisco police helped rescue a sea lion along the Great Highway, Monday, May 30, 2016. (San Francisco Police)
San Francisco police helped rescue a stranded baby sea lion they found shivering in a stairwell. (San Francisco Police/Facebook)
San Francisco police helped rescue a sea lion along the Great Highway, Monday, May 30, 2016. (San Francisco police)
San Francisco police helped rescue a sea lion along the Great Highway. (San Francisco police)