Oh man! :( :(

[jillan]

Picture courtesy of Ted Danson (yes, that one)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ted-danson/ted-dansons-oceana-amazin_b_836832.html?ir=Yahoo#s254515

[Epiphany4z]

1. :-(

That is just sad.....sigh

[Beaverhausen]

2. I hope whoever took that photo at least tried to get that off of the sea lionf

but yes, the shit we throw away ends up in our seas, killing the wildlife.

[jillan]

7. What do we even need those nets ? Why can't stores just offer brown paper bags to put your

produce in??? That's what really makes me disgusted. A beautiful creature has to fight for their life with something that humans have no need for!

Seriously???

:banghead:

[leveymg]

3. Lucky li'l sealion - made it through that %!@#$&* net. Got a free tee-shirt

to remember the experience.

Sleep tight.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Aw! Poor baby!

:cry: They're so cute.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

5. Please give us a warning next time...

so sad

[leveymg]

6. How is it sad? He survived!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

9. I'm glad HE survived! But how many have perished from caught in nets or other plastic waste?

[leveymg]

10. I know. That fact is very sad, indeed.

:cry:

[Maru Kitteh]

13. Where does it say he survived? I looked but can't find it.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. Now here is one situation where a very carefully aimed handheld burning laser

would be useful... you could cut some of this stuff from hundreds of feet away, potentially without even rousing the mom or calf.

[CrispyQ]

11. The photos in this collection will break your heart:

http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/midway/#CF000313%2018x24

[Maru Kitteh]

12. Oh that's just heartbreaking. A warning would be appropriate. Just rips my heart OUT.

[FedUpWithIt All]

14. Several years ago, my children sat in the car and watched me slowly untie a seagull

that was badly wrapped up in fishing line and other things that had accumulated in the line.

The bird did not move at all and watched me carefully. It was heartbreaking more that this wild bird knew that the binds were beyond his own ability to escape and that he had resigned himself to my assistance.

The image in the OP is very sad. We need to change our ways.