Herschel the sea lion
Famous Seattle sea lion / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herschel the sea lion was a series of male California sea lions who came to national attention in the early to mid-1980s. Along with groups of smaller young males, Herschel took up seasonal residence on the saltwater side of Seattle's Salmon Bay at the Ballard Locks where salmon runs were funneled into the fish ladder. Due to the volume of fish the groups would consume, attempts at deterring or removing Herschel and the other young males became a yearly process that gained national media attention.