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Found with his flippers tucked tightly against his body, California sea lion Pockets looked like a sick child with a bellyache.

Pockets was battling a potentially fatal bacterial disease, leptospirosis. We've rescued nearly 500 sea lions affected by this year's intense outbreak.

With your matched gift, you’ll not only help provide the meals and advanced medical care needed to help a sea lion like Pockets recover, but also support our researchers in learning more about this disease.

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Ryan Sack

Ryan Sack

Response Dispatcher, Ke Kai Ola Operations

Ryan Sack first joined The Marine Mammal Center as a volunteer at Ke Kai Ola, our hospital for Hawaiian monk seals in Kona, Hawai‘i. In his staff role as Response Dispatcher, he provides coverage for our Hawaiian monk seal sighting hotline, supports our volunteers and broadens our community outreach program on Hawai‘i Island.

In 2022, Ryan graduated with a B.S. in marine science from the University of Hawai‘i Hilo, where he served as the student coordinator for the university's Sea Turtle Biological Assessment Program. He has four years of experience in marine animal rescue and response, and spent time working with honu (Hawaiian green sea turtles) under the state's Division of Aquatic Resources Protected Species Program.

When he's not working, Ryan is usually out fishing, but loves anything aquatic.

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