The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest, and conviction of the person who shot and blinded a California sea lion found last month on a Sausalito beach, reports The Marin Independent Journal.
The sea lion is being cared for at the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands, where doctors took x-rays of the blind animal.
"The X-ray images show that Silent Knight's gunshot wounds are healing, his remaining teeth are intact and healthy, and his shattered jawbone has begun to heal," said Dr. Bill Van Bonn, director of veterinary science at the center.
Named Silent Knight, the sea lion is on the road to recovery, gaining back much of its weight, and eating properly.
He will not be released back into the wild, due to his blindness, but the center is hoping a zoo or aquarium will adopt him.
