LOS ANGELES — Sea lions are being poisoned by a toxin found in plankton and reports of the sick animals being spotted along the Ventura County coast are skyrocketing, according to an animal rescue organization.
The Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute, a Santa Barbara-based marine animal rescue and rehabilitation organization, posted on Instagram about the issue that they say began last week.
"Our volunteer team has been working from sunrise to sunset to respond to each report and the animals in distress," the institute wrote in the post. "We are responding to 50-100 calls a day with multiple reports on individual animals."
