The National Marine Life Center » workshop http://nmlc.org Caring for Stranded Marine Animals Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:43:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Where in the World: Dr. Rogers Travels: Martha’s Vineyard http://nmlc.org/2009/09/where-in-the-world-dr-rogers-travels-marthas-vineyard/ http://nmlc.org/2009/09/where-in-the-world-dr-rogers-travels-marthas-vineyard/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:04:14 +0000 Sea Rogers Williams http://nmlc.org/?p=3383 A sea turtle and marine mammal stranding training session hosted by the New England Aquarium on Martha’s Vineyard was attended by Drs. Williams and Dunnigan.  This was a local meeting for our two vineyard vets who have been responsible for the primary stranding response for over one hundred stranded animals on the Vineyard since 1997.  Training some more volunteers acting under the Stranding Agreement of Aquarium can only help out, saving our doc’s for cases with live animals or interesting diseases.

Marine Animal Stranding Training on Martha's Vineyard

Marine Animal Stranding Training on Martha's Vineyard

Once the National Marine Life Center is open for seal rehabilitation, Martha’s Vineyard is a likely source of cases.

]]> http://nmlc.org/2009/09/where-in-the-world-dr-rogers-travels-marthas-vineyard/feed/ 0 Where in the World: Dr. Rogers Travels: Woods Hole http://nmlc.org/2009/09/where-in-the-world-dr-rogers-travels-woods-hole/ http://nmlc.org/2009/09/where-in-the-world-dr-rogers-travels-woods-hole/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:03:33 +0000 Sea Rogers Williams http://nmlc.org/?p=3375 US Fish and Wildlife and biologists from the state of Florida came to the Northeast Region to hold a one-day training course in Woods Hole on Manatee Strandings.  Manatees sightings and strandings are becoming more common in this region, which naturally indicates that the manatee population is increasing, global warming ismanatee stranding occurring faster then expected, and/or some manatees are just as fond of Cape Cod and we are.  While the real reason that manatees are sighted far north of their normal range is actually not known, the reality is that manatees do come here and do get into trouble.  The lectures were followed by a gross necropsy, anatomy demonstration, and clinical training at the WHOI laboratory, and this was an excellent primer for things to come.

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