Sea lion with deep wound cut free from garbage

On April 15, 2014, a team consisting of veterinary staff from the Vancouver Aquarium and representatives from Fisheries and Oceans Canada disentangled a California sea lion that had netting stuck around its neck. This occurred in Fanny Bay, outside of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Dr. Martin Haulena, the veterinarian from the Vancouver Aquarium, sedated the animal with a tranquilizer dart before cutting it free from the netting, which had caused a deep wound. The sea lion was then tagged to monitor its recovery and health in the future.
This was the fourth sea lion disentanglement trip for this group.
In 2011, the Aquarium rescued "Flash," a California sea lion that had ingested fishing equipment. After his rehabilitation at the Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre, Flash was successfully released back to his home waters.
Learn more about the Rescue Centre: www.vanaqua.org/mmr

[@deborahbesnia6831]

Thank you for your amazing work!

[@tommytube268]

Nice work Vancouver Aquarium staff, you make a big difference in their lives.

[@lynnescape]

Great job! Thanks so much for taking care of this sea lion.

[@N0tDaDucks]

Lego Bro p pop

[@ИванИванович-ц2п2т]

Отличная работа. Спасибо.

[@huskeyfosterfail4980]

Thank you for your compassion and humanity!

[@tamashiiyoru]

Thank you guys, what you guys do is so awesome.

[@clemenswexler5423]

Danke für Eure wunderbare Arbeit und Euren Einsatz! Lob und Anerkennung 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@expressmaster5266]

спасибо ребята за жизнь этих созданий

[@frauleinmona]

That poor baby. That cut was so damn deep. I can't believe how cruel and careless people are. Disgusting, lazy pigs that just throw garbage in the water and on land without even thinking how it might harm animals or kill animals.

[@jewerly3843]

Well, it's not lazy pigs, it is ignorant and heartless humans who throw garbage. The pigs never do that. You can't imagine how much garbage is thrown into the water daily. It ends up in the ocean and kill thousands of sea animals in addition to eating billions of them annually. Humans are pest.

[@xxEvangelineRxx]

Calling them pigs is an insult to swine

[@daniellerma96]

Jesus Christ that wound was hard to look at. Poor dude! Thank God for you guys! Keep up the good work!

[@sergeyarhipenko9654]

Хорошие добрые люди!

[@dawngentner5788]

Teamwork and professionalism at its finest! The flow and calm with consistency regading task at hand is remarkable while documenting each case! This man should be ceo of a successful company. Shame on the nay sayers.

[@Tyrfingr]

0:31 "OI! ASSASSINS! MURDERERS!" *Everyone looks around... "Who where ?"*

[@Dice-Z]

"Someone there?" 👁 "Just getting jumpy i guess..." -·-

[@kimberlyhendricks1229]

Great job guys! Thanks for all you do .

[@MrCjellison]

Nicely done Marty, Neil and all

[@lass-inangeles7564]

Good job, team!!! Wonderful work! Caught him in time. That was a very nasty and deep cut.

[@mariafreitassilva6989]

Boa noite queridos. Parabéns pelo lindo trabalho 😚😚😚💖👏👏

[@icecastles1432]

Thank You

[@vikrantvermaghz]

Good job of rescue and trying to identify source. He'll recover soon.

[@ОльгаХолина-г5з]

Отличная командная работа! Как все-таки здорово, когда на спасение этих животных выделяются деньги, лекарства и техника!

[@Ed-ts7sq]

Danke!

[@yongseokghymn2930]

Really appreciate your job!

[@metalheadmailman992]

God bless you all

[@sylviasanchez975]

It is crazy how much garbage affects nature.

[@knowledgeplus5824]

Good work....👍👍👍 ALLAH aap logo ko v hamesha khush rakhe🤲

[@tylerleo8155]

Keep oceans clean, friends live in there Good job and thank you!

[@LAIE472]

Good job guys awesome rescue :)

[@sweetbitz9634]

I panicked immediately. I thought he feel into the water and was tranquillized and would drown.

[@alexocasio-gomez5267]

Even when they are passed out they still come up for air.

[@nigelmitchell351]

I would have thought it important to keep his head up for air?

[@batsonelectronics]

@RKL you are an asshole. Having empathy for animals is good, idiot.

[@lambburger3321]

batsonelec C But having THAT much empathy is bad, imbecile.

[@mewtube8020]

marine mammals are conscious breathers, so they can sleep underwater

[@parambakshi858]

Great work!! Thank you so much for your help!!

[@hieptran6595]

Tks very very much. Thanks

[@lancejames9228]

so sick of these creeps throwing their garbage into the sea.

[@vyx6005]

How do they not drown while unconscious under water?

[@shaukatmichaelalbertmichae820]

Wao u guys are great helping the animals. I'm fan of u peaple. SHAUKAT MICHAEL Pakistan

[@saveme2000]

0:31 when that dart hit him I felt that lol

[@mikem4432]

This is a world wide issue with trash and discarded nets.. the needs a world wide solution.

[@kacheek9059789]

Great job! :) hopefully he can recover on his own and it wont get infected.

[@got2bjosh]

Meanwhile, on the Namib Naude channel, they just chase them across the beach, catch and hold them down, cut the entanglement off, and release them.

[@ontledingen3348]

I guess these are a bit too big for that

[@janeespinosa8584]

u guys r awesome

[@fungus20009]

1:25 i thought that seal was pointing at he’s watch saying You guy’s took your time !

[@MeganElrick]

good jobs guys!

[@johnslaughter5475]

I loved seal's reaction to the dart. It looked just like so many actors in movies and TV.

[@oliverburke]

0:28

[@victoriayork9608]

That ferry in the background looks very familiar....like it used to be on Whidbey Island ferry run.

[@80bbygrl]

That tagging must hurt :(

[@eksiarvamus]

Probably far less than that long wound.

[@kalmimiskolczy1554]

no point in tagging seems like bullshit to me

[@kalmimiskolczy1554]

@PersonaX what do you know about the tagging then

[@HellYeahImIrish]

@@kalmimiskolczy1554 they tag him so if he is caught again they can look at his wound and see how fast or slow it is healing. If it heals slow means he may need more medical attention.

[@artemislogic5252]

@PersonaX youre an idiot

[@rjprivate]

With 235k views you will have at least a few people inspired to go rescue animals. Imagine that

[@nalindaranasinha5717]

Great work god bless u guys

[@geraldcullen6737]

Not a moment to soon u people are incredible 👍

[@AndreaCaio]

Very good you are fantastic 👍❤️❤️

[@jamesprivet]

Great job!👏💯

[@leikilimaile2565]

Mahalo🤙🏻🌺🙏

[@maheiyadavyada1150]

awesome job ...supe.......................................................r

[@fernandocuevas6148]

How would you spell the noise these sea doggos make?

[@patty7791]

Proud to live in beautiful Vancouver, proud and grateful for our aquarium and most of all proud of you...you’re hero’s!

[@angelruiz3736]

Please take care for this love creatures very fat and cute

[@richfort5926]

Awesome job I'd love to do stuff like that for my job really cool stuff

[@rollincoal3963]

Rich Fort I agree, I watch these wildlife videos & hate my job more everyday. 👍🏻

[@burnit_0193]

AWESOME!!!!!

[@feifeishuishui]

That's a terrible cut. poor little one

[@blessedhoney]

gosh i love when people help these poor animals it sucks fisherman adn people cant kdeep their stuff away from animaks

[@Sunny-bc8kf]

Good job, I wish I can become one of them.

[@donktheclown]

Heroes !!

[@janeevahv8902]

Im 13 and im in love with sea lions so please answer my question why did you guys need to tag him??

[@Realmasterorder]

Probably for research puproses and to see if he actually makes it and to be able to idendify it between the others

[@Kevil911]

What's the purpose of tagging it?

[@Deckaio]

From the video description: "The sea lion was then tagged to monitor its recovery and health in the future."

[@kimiwhatzzap91]

Good job!!guys..

[@josecarlosdejesus7760]

🙏🙏🙏

[@umityolcu8501]

Helal olsun sizlere

[@thenoova]

Nice 👍

[@aggabus]

string fishing line

[@azonicrider32]

Canada

[@TvGameFox]

👏👏👏

[@kadkir9591]

💕👏😇

[@johnbateman2824]

Great job cutting the line that might have one day killed him, but to have to tag him, and cause yet another pain by our hands was just fucking stupid!!! Why would you just not let him go, and leave your stupid pride just so other may have the chance to see that you just had to put a metal staple through his body? Everyone standing there is what we call a class of first class asses!!! Congratulations!!!

[@adrianapatiri4371]

CUANDO MIERDA KZbin VAN A PASAR UN VIDEO DE ESTOS HABLADO EN ::::::ESPAÑOL LATINO :::

[@bombud1]

Ace Ventura would have found the line's origin before the end of this video.

[@larsruffer2249]

Общество спасения на водах-ОСВОД

[@-joe90]

it is a beautiful planet for life, only humans are left

[@saidurrahman6919]

Very nice 👌

[@jeraldleung6009]

If human would have drown, Sea lion look like swallow water, bubbles out of its mouth or nose.

[@luizfelipetravas9536]

My respeqtor

[@claudiasimpson4386]

The Commander moves to slowly in controlling the situation. They should have a better instrument to keep these Sea lions head above water. I think that the Man in charge needs to be replaced with somebody with more energy and Brains !!!.

[@klaus3794]

I know where the netting came from: CHINA!

[@jessa9877]

Ouch

[@uscgalpha91]

Must you tag every creature on the plannet. Leave them alone after you cut off a strap.

[@scottwall4669]

Great job and thank you. I wish you guys were more like Ocean conservation Nambia..they blast out and rescue 10 times as many with 2 guys barefoot and a net. No drama or serious stuff. This crew here acts like they are a johnny Badass. The Vet could be a little more friendly. You are removing fishing line, not going into battle at Normandy.

[@petergwatts9037]

nice one

[@koreasno1]

생살들이 떨어져 나가는게 얼마나 고통스러웠을꼬....

[@رياضالقحطاني-ه9ف]

2:32 لكن لماذا يتم ترقيمهم انها مؤلمه هذي اللحظه 😓😓

[@rohanplantboyjames6812]

These put our New Zealand sea lions to shame. What whopers!

[@kountryedge]

I hope theyre able to find where it comes from. Need to wrap that around some humans necks.

[@SupernaturalBeingsofEarth]

They are being targeted.

[@prexeno]

I can understand the dart like a small needle for them but it would wurt for the tag

[@cayennenaturetrails8953]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Goldoph]

I appreciate you all the way until you start tagging wild animals

[@4dafish42]

they need to or else the sea lion could get away

[@vickymarinou6271]

@@4dafish42 the tagging was at the end.. Nothing to do with the sea lion getting away

[@jesussaves8549]

It’s for research purposes. They care about these animals and want to study them further. Most likely to keep track of their population. They know what they are doing and why.

[@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421]

Why do you tag him? You're cutting his skin!

[@freyasmith4788]

I say whatever I want and you gotta deal with that it’s so they can track how his recovery and his health is

[@garciavelert]

Todo lleno de nylon en el mar asesinando animales tortugas ,tiburones leones marinos etc etc

[@Marco-oh3lo]

Not cool dude why are you stealing his jewelry

[@DemonLLL69]

why u tag

[@vitruviano8655]

Live the animals in pace.

[@kathyinigarida578]

He had me until the tagging. Someone should tag the guy's arse and see how he likes it for life.

[@Diantroz]

They do that so they can check on him later and see how the wound is progressing, that wey they know if the wound is healing properly.

[@คงฤทธิ์มุกด์ธนะอนันต์]

ผู้รับเคราะห์กรรมแทนเราเขามาบอกเราแล้ว

[@Zeracool]

How tastes sea lion meat?

[@varsoviaYera]

finalmente murio ahogada xdd

[@Zatschana]

so you want do be tagged? 😈