Category: Animals
Patient Update – Townsend
It’s been a busy two weeks with our new patient – Townsend – the first in our new marine animal hospital. As with any new facility, we’re finding ourselves making adjustments and improvements to our facilities and procedures even as we carry out Townsend’s daily care and treatment regime. To recap, Townsend is a juvenile […]
First Patient in the New Hospital – Townsend the Seal!
We are pleased to announce the first patient in our new marine animal hospital – Townsend the harbor seal! Townsend is a juvenile male harbor seal that stranded September 6 on Old Orchard Beach in Maine suffering from respiratory distress and cuts to his face and chin. He was rescued by NOAA Fisheries and transported […]
Seal of Approval – NMLC Receives Approval to Rehabilitate Seals
YIPPEE, YAHOO, HOORAY! The National Marine Life Center’s new marine animal hospital is officially open to seal patients! On Friday the National Marine Life Center became a designee under the University of New England Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center’s (UNE) stranding agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA regulates all marine animal stranding […]
National Marine Life Center Paper Published in Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
The National Marine Life Center (NMLC) is pleased to announce the publication of a peer reviewed scientific paper, written by Dr. Charles Rogers Williams, in the field of wildlife rehabilitation, veterinary care, and the One Health initiative. The article, Surgical Removal of an Abscess Associated with Fusarium solani from a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys […]
Cape Cod Wildlife Festival!
Join us September 15th for a festival celebrating wildlife and habitat on Cape Cod! With booths, educational activities, local authors, refreshments, and more, its fun for the whole family! Don’t miss the birds of prey show at 1 pm. FREE ADMISSION! Date: Saturday, September 15 (raindate Sunday) Time: 10 am – 3 pm Place: Mass Audubon Long Pasture […]
The Hatchlings Have Arrived
The Red Bellied Cooters hatchlings arrived early this year. Last week our staff and volunteers traveled to Westboro MA to collect our 2012-2013 class of Red Bellied Cooter hatchlings from the field office of the Natural Heritage Endangered Species Program of the Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife. We received 8 tiny hatchlings again this […]
August Turtle Release
On August 23, 2012 the National Marine Life Center released six Red Bellied Cooter patients at Burrage Pond in Hanson, MA. Three (Newton, Darwin, & Linneaus) had recovered from shell fungal infections, and three (Phelps, Spitz & Thorp) had recovered from metabolic bone disease. It was a joyful event attended by many of our volunteers […]
Turtle Trials & Triumphs
It has been a busy summer for the turtles at the National Marine Life Center! The staff volunteers and interns have been working hard to treat our red bellied cooter patients, specifically tackling the questions of metabolic bone disease and shell fungus. It has been a time of both trials and triumphs for the turtles […]
Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend
On Friday July 13th Catch 22 was released after two years in rehabilitation at the National Marine Life Center recovering from a shell fungal infection. Catch’s new home is in Tremont Pond in West Wareham. The release event was attended by many of our dedicated volunteers who have spent countless hours careing for Catch. A […]
Catch’s Release
For those of you have been following the National Marine Life Center for awhile, this is a long awaited post. Catch 22 is an endangered Red Bellied Cooter who was admitted to the National Marine Life Center in May of 2010. He had ingested a staple and was suffering from shell fungal disease and after […]
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🍨 New Patient Alert 🍨 Meet Rum Raisin! Rum Raisin is a female harbor seal weanling who was rescued by our friends at Seacoast Science
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We've made it to Wednesday folks, so you know we are ready to go with this week's #WishlistWednesday post! The number one item at the
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It's #turtletuesday time!