Moment furious sea lions chase tourists out of famous San Diego cove as two animals jostle for territory

A brace of angry oversea lions were seen chasing visitors retired of a celebrated San Diego cove arsenic nan 2 marine mammals battled complete territory. 

The oversea lions were captured connected video moving done a crowd of beachgoers astatine La Jolla Cove complete nan weekend, arsenic nan rising organization of oversea lions person taken complete engaged picnic spots successful caller months. 

Although nan mammals appeared to beryllium chasing group astatine nan beach, experts declare they were really aft each other. 

Eric Otjen, vice president of zoological operations astatine SeaWorld San Diego, told KGTV the antheral oversea lions were feuding complete territory. 

'The cognition is that nan oversea lion is chasing aft people, and that’s not it astatine all,' Otjen said. 

The bizarre infinitesimal shows a chaotic segment of group moving distant from nan charging oversea lions arsenic they pranced astir nan sand, 1 aft nan other. 

A smaller 1 trails conscionable a small spot successful beforehand of a larger oversea lion, weaving successful and retired of fearful crowds of people.

From precocious June until early August, nan mammals are known to breed connected the California coast. Just 3 to 4 weeks aft giving birth, female oversea lions are fresh to mate again, according to NOAA Fisheries. 

Otjen said because location are truthful galore of them each astatine once, nan animals create their ain territories.  

'And they each person territories. And immoderate of them don’t person territories. So, nan smaller feline moving done nan crowd of group is nan 1 conscionable looking for a spot to breed.

'And nan bigger antheral that you spot travel successful astatine nan very extremity of that video is nan 1 whose territory he was trying to return over,' he said. 

Robyn Davidoff from nan Sierra Club Seal Society told nan outlet nan slew of oversea lions create rather nan spectacle at  beaches complete nan summer. 

'On Saturday, I was there. Four different circuit buses stopped astatine different times and fto disconnected 50-plus people, who past came down, took their photos pinch nan oversea lions and, then, aft 20 minutes, left,' he said, adding that spectators request to 'keep a distance.' 

There are national guidelines that counsel group to stay 50 yards distant from oversea lions. 

If personification harasses aliases touches a oversea lion successful nan authorities of California, they consequence being investigated by NOAA officials for violating regulations, according to NOAA Fisheries. 

'Let them do their thing. That way, nan oversea lions don't consciousness for illustration they're trapped successful by a bunch of people, and nan group don't person to interest astir panicking them trying to get retired of nan way,' Otjen explained. 

Locals person taken matters into their ain hands and held a nationalist gathering astatine La Jolla Library connected Monday to talk nan rising issue. 

A non-profit, nan La Jolla Parks and Beaches Association, discussed imaginable solutions connected really to alteration frightening scenarios betwixt humans and nan mammals. 

Members engaged successful an impassioned statement astir nan oversea lions, immoderate vowing to protect them, while others complained astir their return over. 

'I deliberation we request to get immoderate marine experts progressive present to understand what is an due eco-balance,' a worried resident told Fox News. 

Meanwhile, different personification said: 'We're trying to region quality and adhd humans- you deliberation that's gonna bring backmost nan earthy diverseness of nan area?' 

Council members went connected to nonstop a missive to Council President Jo LaCava who oversees La Jolla expressing their support of continuing to let humans to entree nan cove. 

Earlier this month, beachgoers astatine La Jolla Cove were near screaming and crying aft a protective oversea lion charged astatine them. 

Prior to its onslaught connected beachgoers, nan marine mammal was swimming astir nan area pinch its babies, arsenic Lauren Bertrand captured nan scary moment. 

The oversea lion astir came look to look pinch 1 swimmer earlier it swam away, leaving nan humans unhurt. 

The marine mammal rushed into nan h2o and spooked a kid who fell over.

She and different young woman who was adjacent to nan oversea lion ran distant from nan segment while a group of swimmers conscionable watched nan animal leave.