Sea lions stranded by abnormal waves: Serfor warns that reports are going up

The National Forest and Wildlife Service (Serfor) warned this Saturday that reports of sea lions stranded on the Peruvian coast have increased due to abnormal waves recorded in recent weeks.

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The most recent case occurred in Barranco’s Costa Verde, where three cubs wandered through a parking lot. Two of the specimens remained lying in apparent critical condition: one on the runway and the other on a rock, a few meters from the ocean, according to an RPP dispatch.

They both stopped moving and remained with their eyes closed, although alive. Neighbors in the area indicated that the panorama dates back three days. “First I saw the mother up on the rock, in the area where the surfers run. And about twenty meters away was the calf,” Julio Huaroto, a surfer who regularly visits the resort, told the radio station.

He also specified that he communicated with Serfor, but the specialists did not appear as did some troops and personnel from the jurisdiction’s Serenazgo. Last week, another sea lion was expelled on the Costa Verde del Callao.

The force of the sea then produced that the rocks were sent out to a part of the sidewalk, the bike path and the track, in the midst of a dense fog. Public cleaning officials removed the smaller stones and were supported by the Police, who were in charge of throwing the larger rocks onto the shore.

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For more than five minutes, the serene and effective of La Perla tried to return the mammal, without respecting the protocol established by the Peruvian Institute of the Sea (Imarpe), which issued a care and management guide for these situations.

It was an intervention with good will, although untimely. Before returning it to the sea, the animal was persecuted, wrapped in a banner and forcibly handled. One of the officers even placed a ladder in his path.

Through a statement, Serfor reminded bathers that the beaches are also part of the sea lion’s environment and asked that, under no circumstances, should they be moved out of their habitat, since the integrity of the animal is put at risk.

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The cases, according to the entity, can be reported through a WhatsApp message (947 588 269), after which guidance will be provided and a report will be channeled to the regional authority for the respective veterinary care.

They help a sea lion stranded on the Costa Verde. channel N

Imarpe had already stated that the stranding of these mammals is mainly due to anomalous oceanographic conditions that cause changes in sea temperature. Meanwhile, the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation of the Navy indicated that waves of up to three meters would be registered on the beaches of Lima and Callao.

Faced with anomalous conditions, the specimens tend to rest on the beaches to recover energy and then return to the sea. For this reason, some hatchlings can move away from their colonies and be found on nearby beaches.

“The bite of a juvenile sea lion is more dangerous than that of a domestic dog,” said the environmental agency in its protocol, which also provides for avoiding shouting and noise, protecting them “from onlookers, children, dogs, and sharp objects around them.” around” and do not feed them because of the risk of exposing them to diseases, human pathogens or wild animals.

Imarpe stressed, in the same way, that it is not convenient to pour water on them, since these actions, in addition to causing them a stressful situation, will make them use the little energy they have to defend themselves or swim against the current.

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