Wildlife officers have warned that discarded fishing line is a serious threat to precious marine life, after an Australian sea lion got itself tangled up in fishing line near Rat Island in the Houtman-Abrolhos Islands.Lobster fishermen and Department of Fisheries officers kept track of the 50kg female sea lion and notified wildlife officers from the Department of Environment and Conservation of its location.
It was freed yesterday, after officers found the animal on an island and removed the fishing line.
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Just sit for a while on Cottesloe beach and count the amount of seaguls with missing parts or fishing line still dangling from what's left from a foot...
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