Help Us Protect Marine Life Like This Adorable Seal Pup!
Harbor Seal pup at La Jolla Children’s Pool, 2025
© Wildlife Jewels® | Photo by Azi S.
Help Us Protect Marine Life Like This Adorable Seal Pup!
We absolutely adored this precious seal pup during our recent EYES monitoring at La Jolla Children’s Pool. Seal pups are especially vulnerable in their early weeks—they need to rest, nurse, and grow without human disturbance.
Getting too close, trying to touch, or chasing seals into the water can cause stress, separate them from their group or young, and even lead to injury. Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), it’s illegal to harass, feed, touch, or disturb any marine mammal in the wild. “Harassment” includes any action that disrupts natural behaviors like resting, nursing, or sheltering, and can harm their health or survival. These protections are enforced by NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to keep seals and other marine life safe.
She’s now part of Wildlife Jewels’ Collections of featured wildlife, raising awareness for seals and their protection.
🤝 Want to help us protect marine life? Join Wildlife Jewels’ EYES monitoring team to help report threats and locate distressed wildlife.
Discover our Marine Mammal Rescue Resources for Southern California.
Discover Wildlife Jewels EYES Program, dedicated to monitoring sea life along the California coast.
Discover Wildlife Jewels Rescue, and help us rescue distressed wildlife in need.
Video: Willets & Black Turnstones at Crystal Cove State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) © 2025 Wildlife Jewels®/ by Azi S.
Discover the Wildlife Jewels® EYES Program — Help us monitor, rescue, and collect vital data on our Ocean Jewels along the California coast! 🌊🐚
💙 “At Wildlife Jewels®, we believe every wildlife is precious, and we are endlessly fascinated by the magic of ocean life—from the tiny Antarctic krill to the inspiring Western Gull and the extraordinary Horn Shark. Many of the world’s most transformative innovations are inspired by ocean life, and they deserve our care and protection. Join us in our mission to protect them!” ~ Azi Sharif PhD, Founder & Executive Director at Wildlife Jewels®
Happy World Oceans Day!
Our precious marine life faces a devastating crisis, from chemical pollution and petrochemicals to algal blooms, fishing gear entanglement, plastic pollution, overfishing, ship strikes, and so much more. On this World Ocean Day, Wildlife Jewels® is honored to share some of our recently launched and emerging ocean programs dedicated to protecting our majestic ocean life.
In this video, check out some of the precious wildlife we recently spotted at La Jolla Cove in just one hour. Their lives depend on the well-being of our ocean!
Join us in our mission to protect these magnificent creatures.
Cormorant's, Sea Lions, Elegant Terns, Royal Terns, California Brown Pelicans, Western Gulls, Heermann's Gulls and more amazing wildlife we recently spotted at La Jolla Cove.
Stunning Cormorant with her chicks sitting on the signature Wildlife Jewels® gemstone, Sea Lions, Pelicans, Cormorant’s & Gulls at La Jolla Cove
