SAN DIEGO — Another video circulating of people getting too close to the sea lions in La Jolla. It shows people coming within inches of the sea lions and catches a person pouring water on a sea lion pup.
"There seems to be this misconception of what's okay and not okay at the beach and this is the worst year. People approaching sea lions trying to touch them, trying to take selfies and film with them," said Kris Golojuch, a San Diego resident.
He has lived in San Diego all his life and caught a family dumping water on a sea lion pup when he was there last.
"I think the person was trying to do the right thing because for one they're violating laws and it's just a tricky situation," he said.
It's illegal to touch, feed or harass the sea lions. Robyn Davidoff, chair of the Sierra Club Seal Society of San Diego, says the human interaction has become deadly. She says seven of the nine sea lion pups born in La Jolla cove this pupping season have died.
"This is just a situation showing the lack of the city's effort to try to protect both humans and the sea lions," she said.
She says the city has most recently said it plans to put up more signs and have public announcements to educate visitors at the cove. She also says these efforts don't go far enough.
"We're really urging the city to get the cones, tape and get the rangers down there at least when the pups are vulnerable. So for the first four months of their lives so that would take us to October," she said.
For now the beach and cove remain open to the public.
"That's the sea lions home I just don't understand how anyone sees it any other way," Golojuch said.
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