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Friends of mine said there is no bait in the water. as they separate they re looking for food. reporter: from santa barbara to san diego, nearly 1,000 pups have been reported stranded forcing federal wildlife officials to declare this an unusual mortality event for the california sea lion. put some weight on him too before we return him. reporter: as they continue to investigate why this is happening, marine mammal sanctuaries are filling up with thin, dehydrated pups. in fact, there are so many sea lion pups, wildlife officials say they have to focus on those needing the most care first, and they expect this problem to continue through spring. john and diana. sad looking at the pictures. 400 of these pups have turned up in los angeles county since the beginning of this year. 36 in the same stretch in all of last year. numbers are incredible. los angeles county, 214. reported stranded in san diego county. 189 in orange county. ....