The La Jolla Town Council heard a request from Seal Society of San Diego docent Robyn Davidoff during its June 10 virtual meeting to assist in getting signs posted at Point La Jolla at The Cove to encourage people to keep their distance from sea lions in the area.
Two harbor seal pups born early in the seal pupping season were deemed abandoned by their mothers and needed to be rescued from the Children’s Pool in La Jolla by SeaWorld San Diego.
The first pup was born Dec. 19, according to Pam Thomas, who volunteers with the Seal Society of San Diego, an organization that advocates for protection of harbor seals and sea lions in La Jolla.
An abandoned seal pup is held by a rescuer from SeaWorld at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla.
(Mandy Etpison)
“Someone called us and said there’s a white seal on the beach,” which Thomas said indicates a premature birth. The white comes from the pup’s lanugo coat, which is normally lost before birth.