SAN DIEGO — Freeway, the ocean lion rescued after wandering inland from his ocean dwelling and crossing busy San Diego thoroughfares, has been euthanized after falling ailing.

The sea lion earned his identify in January 2022 after being discovered on State Route 94, a freeway a number of miles from shore, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

The SeaWorld San Diego workforce that bought him to security stated he’d been beforehand noticed at San Diego International Airport and in a storm drain within the Logan Heights neighborhood.

Since being rescued final 12 months, Freeway had contracted a “progressive disease that our animal care experts diagnosed,” SeaWorld stated in assertion Friday.

“Despite extensive treatment, the disease caused his health to deteriorate over time,” the assertion stated.

Given his decline, the workforce made the choice to humanely euthanize him, SeaWorld stated.

Freeway was first rescued in November 2021 when he was discovered on a busy street close to North San Diego Bay. A rescue crew rehabbed him at SeaWorld for per week, fitted his left flipper with an orange tag and introduced him again to the ocean.

SeaWorld by no means discovered why the ocean lion stored wandering so removed from the ocean.

When animals wander out of their habitat, it’s normally for meals, SeaWorld officers advised the Union-Tribune final 12 months. But Freeway’s weight was good and he appeared wholesome on the time.

“His adventurous spirit won the hearts of all San Diegans and he will be remembered for that and so much more,” SeaWorld stated.

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