700-Pound Sea Lion Is Found to Have Been Shot at Least 12 Times NYT > U.S. News Von: Alena Cerro 26. September 2026 um 23:12 The California sea lion was found dead on a beach off the Duwamish River in West Seattle, Wash., this month. A motive for the shooting was unclear. © Seal SittersResearchers were unable to conduct a necropsy on a sea lion found fatally shot in Washington because it was too big to move. It was left where it was found on the beach to decompose naturally.