From Mission Beach to La Jolla, emaciated and starving birds are dying along Southern California’s coast due to a lack of food.
Rising ocean temperatures have pushed fish into cooler, deeper waters further offshore, out of reach for seabirds.
“The amount is a lot more than we’ve seen in the past. The animals that we are rescuing are coming in extremely emaciated, lethargic, dehydrated,” said Jeni Smith, rescue supervisor at SeaWorld…