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The SeaWorld Rescue Team responded to an injured sea lion at La Jolla Cove over the weekend. The sea lion had been reported to have a gaff hook in its side.
A gaff hook is a sharp, heavy metal hook on a long pole used by ocean fishermen to drag captured fish onto a boat.
In San Diego, it had been beachgoers at La Jolla Cove who spotted the large male on Thursday with the heavy fishing gaff embedded into its side. The rescue team rushed out to the sea lion in order to evaluate its condition and if it needed to be captured to help with its veterinarian needs…