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Saturday, July 3, 2021

Animal Advocates supports July 4th fireworks cancellation near sea lion pups

Seal and sea lion pups in La Jolla Cove rookery, July 4th fireworks, San Diego, California, APRL, Bryan Pease, PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins
Seal and sea lion pups in La Jolla Cove rookery, July 4th fireworks, San Diego, California, APRL, Bryan Pease, PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins


Animal Advocates supports July 4th fireworks cancellation near sea lion pups

LOS ANGELES, CA (AAPR) July 3, 2021 - The City of San Diego, California will not allow Fourth of July fireworks in La Jolla Cove near the sea lion and seal pup rookery because the event organizers never obtained a required permit from the State Coastal Commission.

The Animal Protection Rescue League (APRL) filed a lawsuit (Case #37-2021-00021842-CU-BT-CTL ) May 17, 2021 in San Diego County to stop the event because fireworks violate the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), Coastal Commission Act and other related city, state and federal wildlife and environment regulations.

“Defendants’ plans are certain to disturb the sea lion pups at Point La Jolla, as well as the harbor seal pups" "at Children’s Pool Beach, in violation of the MMPA and San Diego Municipal Codes,” stated APRL in the suit. “Blasting fireworks off over La Jolla Cove, a marine protected area, will also result in pollution of the air and water with chemicals from the fireworks, damaging sensitive marine life in the area."

“Harmful byproducts of fireworks including perchlorate, dioxins, and metals that are considered persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals. These chemicals may adversely impact marine mammal and human health and the environment.”

“Fireworks are just a horrible thing generally, but to do it right there in a sensitive marine habitat is completely thoughtless and selfish,” said Pease a California attorney, who filed the most recent lawsuit. “It’s disrespectful to nature and wildlife, but also to people who want to peacefully enjoy nature and wildlife.”

Ingrid Newkirk of PETA stated "By letting the Fourth of July fireworks fizzle, La Jolla has given a little liberty and justice to seals and sea lions, who will now be free from the booms and blasts that could have panicked mothers into abandoning their pups. This is a happy day for the PETA members, for the kind San Diegans and Animal Protection and Rescue League members who fought this thoughtless display every step of the way, and for every animal, wild or domestic, who calls the La Jolla Cove home."

"We're happy to see the City of San Diego enforce the legal regulations for marine mammals and the environment" stated Mary Cummins of Los Angeles based Animal Advocates a wildlife rescue organization.

A Coastal Commission notice issued to Deborah Marengo, director of the La Jolla Community Fireworks Foundation, says that “due to the ongoing harassment of sea lions at Point La Jolla, the current presence of pupping activity and the proposed location of the fireworks show immediately adjacent to them, commission staff has been meeting with the city and in contact with other resource agencies to identify measures to avoid further harassment.”
The commission told the city of San Diego that “the fireworks show should be relocated to an alternative site … further away from Point La Jolla in order to avoid or minimize adverse impacts to the sea lions and their pups.”

Back in May, the Animal Protection and Rescue League filed a legal complaint to block Deborah Marengo and her group, the La Jolla Community Fireworks Foundation, from launching fireworks. APRL said it intends to continue its lawsuit in order to ensure event organizers do not attempt to shoot off fireworks in any similarly sensitive habitat area this year or in future years.

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The Animal Protection and Rescue League Inc. (APRL) is a California nonprofit organization founded in 2003 that works to protect the rights and habitats of all animals. Bryan Pease of the Law Office of Bryan W. Pease (https://www.BryanPease.com) is a California attorney and Board member of APRL.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is a Virginia non-profit Animal Rights organization founded in 1971. Ingrid Newkirk is a British Animal Welfarist and the President of PETA.

Animal Advocates, Animal Advocates Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (AASPCA) is a non-profit wildlife rescue and education organization in Los Angeles, California that rescues ill, injured and orphaned native wildlife for release back to the wild. Animal Advocates also offers wildlife and animal education. Mary Cummins (http://www.MaryCummins.com) founded Animal Advocates in 2002 as a wildlife rehabilitator. Cummins is also a licensed and certified real estate appraiser.

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Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.


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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

How to safely help dying baby sea lions - Mary Cummins Animal Advocates Los Angeles California


Starving dying baby sea lion Los Angeles, California Mary Cummins Animal Advocates
You've all heard about all the baby sea lions dying on the beach. There is no more room to rescue them. They are rescuing the ones with the highest chance of survival and leaving the rest on the beach to die. They are also leaving all adults no matter what at the moment.

Some assholes are throwing rocks at, kicking, taking their pics with the dying animals. Others are trying to rescue, give water, feed them. All of these things are bad for the sea lions and illegal. They are too weak to eat or drink. They can also bite especially the adults.

There is something you can do to make the last hours of the baby sea lions' lives more peaceful. Get some stakes, caution tape and print out the marine mammal warning sign below. Place four stakes in a square about ten feet apart around the baby sea lion (don't get near adults as they are too dangerous). Tie caution tape near the top of the stakes so baby can move if he wants to but people can still easily see the caution tape. Staple a print out of the marine mammal warning sign on one stake.

Stay on the beach and guard the sea lions. Have your video camera handy in case people try to harass or harm the sea lions. If you see someone harassing them and you believe it's safe for you to approach the person, tell them it's a crime to harass marine mammals with fines of $10,000 per incident. Here is some information about enforcing the Marine Mammal Protection Act. http://www.elephantseal.org/fordocents/Docent%20Handbook%202014/Tab%204-3%20Marine%20Mammal%20Harrassment-statement.pdf

When people approach use the opportunity to talk about the sea lion crisis. It's caused by change in ocean temperatures which is causing the fish they eat to move farther off shore. Mothers have travel longer distances to get food then they have to come back to the islands to feed their young. Mothers and babies are starving and end up being pulled by the currents and washed onto the shore to die.

Dying starving baby sea lions Los Angeles California Mary Cummins Animal Advocates


Remember, always remove all your stakes, tape and signs when you leave the beach. Reuse the stakes, tape and signs. Wear a hat, use sunblock, bring your own water in a reusable bottle.

Supplies:

  • 25-Pack 36-in Wood Landscape Stakes $13
  • Couple rolls of caution tape 3" x 1,000' $3.99
  • 20 8"x11" printed out Marine Mammal warning signs


Do not get near adult sea lions. They are too dangerous even in their dimished condition. If you see someone getting near an adult, warn them and quote the law. Thanks.

Mary Cummins
Animal Advocates
http://www.AnimalAdvocates.us
http://www.facebook.com/AnimalAdvocatesUSA

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.


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