Sea lion release - U.S. Coast guard photo

SAN PEDRO, Calif. -- Franklin, a nearly 500-pound California sea lion, waits on a pier at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach to be lifted aboard Coast Guard Cutter Edisto for transport and release near Catalina Island, Aug. 24, 2012.

The Pacific Marine Mammal Center rescued Franklin approximately five miles inland near Irvine and worked with the Coast Guard to release him back into the wild. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell.

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