Elephant seals take over California beach during shutdown
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January 31, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A colony of elephant seals took over a beach in Northern California during the government shutdown when there was no staff to discourage the animals from congregating in the popular tourist area, an official said.
Now they're not going anywhere.
About 60 adult seals that gave birth to 35 pups took over a beach in Point Reyes National Seashore, knocking down a fence and moving into the parking lot, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday.
The park north of San Francisco is home to a colony of about 1,500 elephant seals that tend to frequent another beach with 100-foo...
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