The male mammal was found in Ballona Creek suffering from a bacterial infection. An X-ray revealed that Confetti — who’s already doing better — previously survived two gunshots.

Wildlife rescuers pulled a critically ill California sea lion from Ballona Creek in Los Angeles earlier this month — later ...

The Marine Mammal Care Center said it's not unusual to find sea lions that have been shot by humans.

A California sea lion was pulled from Ballona Creek in Los Angeles by wildlife rescuers — who later shockingly discovered the marine mammal had been shot in the head twice and survived. The adult male ...

A man was seen decapitating a dead sea lion on the beach, putting the head in a zip-loc-style bag and driving off in a late-model white Cadillac Escalade, authorities said. Photo by David Vives via ...