DOC is appealing for information after some one shot a baby sea lion and left it to die a slow and painful death in the Catlins estuary on Monday. A ranger went to investigate after people reported a sealion in distress but the young female was dead when they got there. DOC said it's huge blow for the threatened species with the population only returning to the mainland recently, Rosalind Cole, DOC Murihiku Senior Biodiversity Ranger spoke to Lisa Owen.