Cops find shivering sea lion stranded in San Francisco

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.

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