An oil-covered sea lion from the Santa Barbara oil spill being cleaned by SeaWorld San Diego staff has died. Photo credit: Mike Aguilera/SeaWorld San Diego
An oil-covered sea lion from the Santa Barbara oil spill being cleaned by SeaWorld San Diego staff. Photo credit: Mike Aguilera/SeaWorld San Diego

A sea lion brought to SeaWorld San Diego from the oil spill near Santa Barbara died Saturday, according to news reports.

The animal, one of three brought to SeaWorld, died Saturday morning, SeaWorld spokeswoman Kat Marin told The Los Angeles Times.

It was brought the facility on Thursday. On Friday night, an elephant seal and another sea lion were brought to the park.

— City News Service