WHY IS THIS OKAY?
We (homeowners who share a dock) live on Bayside Drive in CdM. Yesterday sea lions gave birth to pups and the pups found their way onto a floating raft tied to a neighboring dock on Bayside Place. One of the homeowners who share that dock were hitting the pups with sticks all day long and then later had two other younger hired help guys hitting them with sticks and poking them until they finally pushed the pups off the rafts. The pups were crying. Now one of the pups is missing and the mother is swimming around barking like crazy looking for him/her. We called NBPD and Harbor Patrol and they came out to investigate. We were told it was okay to hit them and poke at them. What?
When is it okay to hit newborn seal pups with sticks and rods? Or any animal? Is this what this world has come to? Abusing animals is okay? Why is this okay? What are we teaching kids about treating animals with such cruelty? Serial killers start out by hurting animals. Is this something that needs to be investigated?
We all know that having a dock means we are responsible for keeping the sea lions off the dock. But these were babies sleeping on a raft that was in the water. BABIES!!!!!!
This is disgusting, disturbing, inhumane and heartbreaking.
God made animals before he made humans. We were created to care for them. It appears Newport Beach doesn’t believe in taking care of and not hurting baby sea lions. Isn’t that nice…
God help this planet.