B.C. crews free sea lion with thick rubber band cutting into neck

For at least one year, a California sea lion survived in the wild with a thick industrial rubber band cutting into its neck.
The animal was first seen two kilometres from the shores of Metchosin at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve in October last year. However, it did not stay in the area long enough for rescuers to intervene, said the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society.
When the sea lion reappeared in September, members of Pearson College UWC’s Eco-Guardian program began monitor