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Yes, You Can Still Be a Hero

There are many seals and sea lions like Osprey in our care right now. Some are orphaned and others are injured, but they all have one thing in common: they need your help to return home for the holidays. 

When you give today, your gift will be matched up to $3,000 by your fellow ocean lovers, Barbara and David Beasley. And your matched donation will be put right to work where it’s needed most. Yes, you will help provide double the meals and meds an animal needs for a second chance at life.

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California sea lion Osprey
Guadalupe fur seal Neshema
threatened

Neshema

Guadalupe Fur Seal
Arctocephalus townsendi

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Guadalupe fur seal Neshema was found so tangled up in heavy fishing gear that he was unable to swim well enough to catch fish. Weak and malnourished, this young fur seal faced a heartbreaking fate without help.

Trained responders rescued Neshema and he was safely brought to our hospital for the medical care he so desperately needed.

Guadalupe fur seals have one of the highest rates of entanglement among our patients, and experts are concerned that these life-threatening entrapments are harming this threatened species’ chance at recovering.

After the fishing gear was carefully removed, Neshema began to heal. Finally, after just over a month of care, Neshema was ready to return to his ocean home with a second chance at life.

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photo © The Marine Mammal Center / NOAA permit #18786

Age at Admit
Pup
Weight at Admit
9.00 kgs
Sex
Male
Rescue Location
Battery Point Lighthouse - Crescent City, Humboldt
Diagnosis
Malnutrition, Trauma, Human interaction
Admitted
06/11/2020
Status
Released
Release Date
07/23/2020
Release Location
Chimney Rock

Yes, I want to save a life!

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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