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April 18, 2013
Earth Day 2013: Baby Sea Lion Rescue - Discovery News
For Earth Day 2013, Anthony visits The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California. He talks to marine biologists working to save dozens of baby sea lions who were found stranded on the shores of Southern California early this year.
April 17, 2013
Babes at the Beach - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Seal pupping season is in full swing along the Sonoma County coast, and visitors to Goat Rock and similar beaches may find harbor seals spread comfortably on the shore nursing their newborn pups. But experts are urging the curious to give the animals a wide berth, especially the pups.
April 10, 2013
Harbor Seal Rescued from Palo Alto Waterway - Palo Alto Daily News
For the first time in more than 20 years, a harbor seal was rescued from a Palo Alto waterway Tuesday. A city employee spotted the marine mammal, estimated to be about 5 weeks old and 20 pounds, bobbing near the tide gate to Mayfield Slough at 1:15 p.m., said Animal Control Officer Cody Macartney. The officers contacted the Marine Mammal Center, an organization that rescues and rehabilitates separated, sick and injured marine mammals from Mendocino County to San Luis Obispo County.
April 10, 2013
A Pacific Grove first: Seal born at Lovers Point - Santa Cruz Sentinel
The natural birthing room for mama harbor seals in Monterey Bay expanded, for the first time, onto Pacific Grove's popular Lovers Point beach, prompting the beach's closure in recent days.A mother and newborn seal pup were spotted on the beach early Sunday by a volunteer docent for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and human helpers sought to keep the legally protected marine mammals protected.
March 30, 2013
Seals in Crisis - San Luis Obispo Tribune
It’s been a busy March at the Marine Mammal Center’s Morro Bay triage facility. During the month, the facility has cared for 38 malnourished seals — mostly sea lions that were on their way to the group’s main veterinary hospital in Sausalito from Southern California. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared “an unusual morbidity event is occurring for California sea lions in Southern California.”
March 30, 2013
Sea Lion Pups Stranded on California Beaches - NBC Nightly News
Scientists in Southern California are increasingly concerned about the large numbers of starving sea lion pups washing up on the beaches. NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports.
March 29, 2013
What's Behind spikes in Gulf Coast Dolphin Attacks? - National Geographic
Bill Van Bonn, chief veterinarian at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, spends his days treating seals, sea lions, porpoises, and dolphins. In the past four years, he says, dozens of his patients have appeared with gunshot wounds.
March 28, 2013
Stranded Sea Lion Pups Arrive in Northern California - Wired
Malnourished sea lion pups have started arriving in Northern California – by the vanload. It’s a three-day, two-night trip for the weary mammalian travelers, with overnight stops in San Luis Obispo and Moss Landing. At the end of the road: The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, where the pups will be cared for and returned to health.
March 20, 2013
Marine Mammal Center's Elephant Seal Pup Care Picks Up Along Local Beaches - Huffington Post
The number of sick elephant seal pups coming to The Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands is picking up as the youngsters are turning up malnourished on beaches.
March 20, 2013
Beachgoers Warend to Keep Safe Distance from Seal Pups - KTVU-TV
March 19, 2013
Animal Group Warns Beachgoers to give Young Seals Sapce - KGO-TV
The Marine Mammal Center is putting out the word to steer clear of young seals during pupping season.
March 18, 2013
Marine Mammal Center Cares for Increasing Number of Elephant Seal Pups - Marin IJ
The number of sick elephant seal pups coming to the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands is picking up as the youngsters are turning up malnourished on beaches.
March 15, 2013
Marine Mammal Center Warns You to Leave Seal Pups Alone - SF Appeal
During pupping season the Marin County-based Marine Mammal Center is helping abandoned and sick elephant and harbor seal pups with a "Leave Seals Be" campaign, according to center officials.
March 14, 2013
Beachboers Warned to Stay Away from Seal Pups - CBS-5
As seal pup season begins on the California coast, visitors to Bay Area beaches are being asked to leave mothers and their young alone to avoid possible separations. Don Ford reports.
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February 19, 2013
Tiburon researchers discover more about toxin that attacks sea life - Marin IJ
Researchers at the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies are uncovering what's behind harmful toxins in the ocean that sicken thousands of sea mammals and birds every year. Each year the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands treats dozens of sea lions sickened by the domoic acid. In 2012, 14 percent of the 235 sea lions brought in for treatment suffered from domoic acid poisoning.
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January 17, 2013
Shedd Aquarium Provides Permanent Home for Blind Sea Lion - Huffington Post
Looks like the president's new gun control measures didn't come soon enough for Cruz, the blind California sea lion pup that lost his eyesight to gunshot wounds. Luckily, the 1-year and 9-month-old male pup will have a new home in Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, where the disabled California sea lion will undergo rehabilitation, according to a Wednesday announcement from Shedd.
January 3, 2013
Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery: Hawaii Adds Second Marine Facility to Protect One of Its Rarest Mammals - Ke ola Magazine
Last September, The Marine Mammal Center, one of the largest marine mammal facilities in the country, broke ground on the first-ever Hawaiian monk seal hospital in the state. It is designed to hold up to 10 seals at a time, and is expected to be near completion in Spring 2013. The Center is working in collaboration with a number of groups including: NOAA Fisheries, the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Team, Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund, the Kohala Center, NELHA, and others, in an effort to save Hawaiian monk seals.
January 3, 2013
Rare San Francisco River Otter Stumps Researchers - Associated Press
For the first time in decades, a river otter has made San Francisco its home, taking up residence in the ruins of a 19th Century seaside bath near the Golden Gate Bridge. "Habitat destruction had an impact on the river otters," said Dorreen Gurrola, a science teacher at The Marine Mammal Center. "So it's always exciting to see these animals return to their habitat."
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January 3, 2013
New Year, New Environmental Agendas - Pacific Sun
To many in the country and beyond, Marin is a pivotal point for the eco-conscious movement. Speaking of oceans, protecting our local marine life from offshore drilling and rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife is vital, too. The Marine Mammal Center at Fort Cronkhite in Sausalito (www.marinemammalcenter.org) helps rehabilitate up to 700 coastal mammals before returning them to the sea each year.
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