![An official works to usher a Steller sea lion back to the ocean on Sept. 1, 2018. An improvised rescue mission involving a front-end loader and tranquilizer darts returned a desperate and dehydrated sea lion that spent four days meandering around Sitka in Alaska to the ocean. (Photo/VCG)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/06/e844c5e72e1e4c5abb4abffe019427b9.jpg)
An official works to usher a Steller sea lion back to the ocean on Sept. 1, 2018. An improvised rescue mission involving a front-end loader and tranquilizer darts returned a desperate and dehydrated sea lion that spent four days meandering around Sitka in Alaska to the ocean. (Photo/VCG)
![A sea lion that had been on land in Sitka for four days is transported in a front-end loader back to water after being darted, Sept. 3, 2018. An improvised rescue mission involving a front-end loader and tranquilizer darts returned a desperate and dehydrated sea lion that spent four days meandering around Sitka in Alaska to the ocean. (Photo/VCG)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/06/ce15d0a3972741d38c3c45abac51eb5a.jpg)
A sea lion that had been on land in Sitka for four days is transported in a front-end loader back to water after being darted, Sept. 3, 2018. An improvised rescue mission involving a front-end loader and tranquilizer darts returned a desperate and dehydrated sea lion that spent four days meandering around Sitka in Alaska to the ocean. (Photo/VCG)
![Firefighters with the Sitka Volunteer Fire Department try to usher a Steller sea lion to the sea, Sept. 1, 2018. An improvised rescue mission involving a front-end loader and tranquilizer darts returned a desperate and dehydrated sea lion that spent four days meandering around Sitka in Alaska to the ocean. (Photo/VCG)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/06/ba6c413f9311412e93360b1b5bd09b19.jpg)
Firefighters with the Sitka Volunteer Fire Department try to usher a Steller sea lion to the sea, Sept. 1, 2018. An improvised rescue mission involving a front-end loader and tranquilizer darts returned a desperate and dehydrated sea lion that spent four days meandering around Sitka in Alaska to the ocean. (Photo/VCG)
![Firefighters with the Sitka Volunteer Fire Department try to usher a Steller sea lion to the sea, Sept. 1, 2018. An improvised rescue mission involving a front-end loader and tranquilizer darts returned a desperate and dehydrated sea lion that spent four days meandering around Sitka in Alaska to the ocean. (Photo/VCG)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/06/a55968f57b9c4cb5847dd31e7e18aa46.jpg)
Firefighters with the Sitka Volunteer Fire Department try to usher a Steller sea lion to the sea, Sept. 1, 2018. An improvised rescue mission involving a front-end loader and tranquilizer darts returned a desperate and dehydrated sea lion that spent four days meandering around Sitka in Alaska to the ocean. (Photo/VCG)