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Hungry pups like elephant seal Davey are pouring through our doors. Yes, we are in the swing of pupping season, and that’s why your help is urgently needed.

What if I told you there’s a simple way you can have double the impact for good?

Today, your gift will help provide what a pup like Davey needs: double the fish meals to regain his strength for a second chance at life. How? Because your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000 when you give by Sunday, June 1.

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San Luis Obispo Tribute: Harassment of Baby Seals, Sea Lions Triples at SLO County Beaches

April 27, 2022
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Selfies and Stick Poking: Harassment of Baby Seals, Sea Lions Triples at SLO County Beaches

Published in San Luis Obispo Tribute: April 27, 2022

Rescuers saw an alarming increase in “negative human interactions with seal pups” on San Luis Obispo County shores last year, according to The Marine Mammal Center. 

Humans interacted with young marine mammals a total of 18 times there in 2021, according to Giancarlo Rulli, spokesman for The Marine Mammal Center. The nonprofit organization is headquartered in Sausalito, where its main hospital is located, but has animal care facilities in Morro Bay and Moss Landing.

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Yes, I want to save a life!

You’ll be giving sick and injured animals the best possible care at the Center’s state-of-the-art hospital. With your gift today, you are giving a patient a second chance at life in the wild.

  • $35 You'll buy food for a hungry animal
  • $45 You'll provide life-saving medical care
  • $65 You'll make second chances possible

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