Marine Animal Adoption Packages Now Available! Great Holiday Gift!

Just in time for the holidays the National Marine Life Center is excited to launch its new marine animal adoption program. You can select one of our current marine animal patients to adopt for a loved one or yourself this holiday season. This is the perfect gift for the animal lover, conservationist, or person who has it all. For a $35 donation you will receive an 8 1/2”x11” animal profile including three color photos and background information on your selected marine animal patient, a 10” plush animal (seal or sea turtle depending on the animal you select), a certificate for a 1 year family membership to the National Marine Life Center, and an official adoption certificate. You can adopt the sea turtle or seal of your choice including:

Townsend – a juvenile harbor seal
Major Margaret “Hotlips” Houlihan – a juvenile harbor seal
Topsy – a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Gerald – a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Betsy – a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Walter – a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Carolyn – a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Phoenix – a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Ernest – a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Pap i- a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
This is a great opportunity to become more familiar with the animals we care for, and help them in their rehabilitation process so that they can make their way back into the wild. All the proceeds from animal adoptions directly benefit our marine animal patients.

To order your adoption package today please call the National Marine Life Center at (508)-743-9888, or stop in Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm at 120 Main Street, Buzzards Bay, MA. You can also order Online here. Adopt your favorite NMLC patient today!


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