{"id":272947,"date":"2026-04-17T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272947\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:29:13","slug":"sea-lion-pup-rescued-after-wandering-into-san-francisco-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272947\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Lion Pup Rescued After Wandering Into San Francisco Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An adorable sea lion pup was rescued in San Francisco on Thursday, April 16, after wandering several blocks inland, away from its usual habitat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Footage by local resident Maria Goodavage shows the pup hanging out by a utility pole on Irving Street near Ocean Beach, where rescuers guided the young animal into a crate to be transported to a care team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cute sea lion has since been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TMMC\/status\/2044877083323855014\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:named Irving;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;named Irving&quot;}\" class=\"link \">named Irving<\/a> after the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Goodavage told Storyful her partner John Zwolinski made the discovery when he \u201cheard strange barking outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cExpecting maybe a lost dog, he instead found a California sea lion pup who had trekked three full blocks inland from the ocean,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cIt quickly became a full neighborhood village effort\u201d involving the the Marine Mammal Center and San Francisco Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSeveral officers were on the scene in no time,\u201d Goodavage said. \u201cI knocked on the door of my wonderful neighbor, Katie Young, a longtime Marine Mammal Center volunteer. She happily rose to the occasion and expertly guided the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAs of now, it\u2019s unknown why Irving was away from their usual habitat,\u201d the Marine Mammal Center <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TMMC\/status\/2044877084519170309\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;said&quot;}\" class=\"link \">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe pup will receive an admission exam from our veterinary experts this week to determine sex, evaluate their condition, identify any underlying ailments, and better assess long-term future outlook.\u201d Credit: Maria Goodavage via Storyful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An adorable sea lion pup was rescued in San Francisco on Thursday, April 16, after wandering several blocks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[118366,118365,101,103,102,104,106,105,83108],"class_list":["post-272947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-california-sea-lion-pup","tag-maria-goodavage","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-the-marine-mammal-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}