Tag: donations
Your Year-End Gift Saves Injured Sea Turtles & Seals!
Thanks to you, we rehabilitated and released our 100th seal this year. Miley Sealrus was a weanling female gray seal that was found stranded in the middle of a road in Scituate, Massachusetts. She had mouth wounds and was dehydrated and malnourished. Two months later, after hundreds of hours of dedicate care and rehabilitation, Miley […]
Townsend Shows We’re All Connected!
Townsend shows we’re all connected. Townsend is a juvenile male harbor seal, named after NMLC co-founder Townsend Hornor, that was the first patient admitted to our new marine animal hospital just over a year ago. You may have read about him in previous website posts (Arrival, Detection of Ear Infection, CT Scans at WHOI, Seeking […]
One Tiny Turtle (Number 31’s Story)
Number 31 needs your help! Number 31 is one of our tiniest sea turtles, yet she’s a fighter. Weighing just over three pounds, this endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was brought in to the National Marine Life Center’s hospital late last month. Like the other ten juvenile sea turtles in our care, she had stranded […]
Help Seals Like Francis!
Friends, simply said, we need your help. Sick and injured seals like “Francis” depend on you. They depend on you to keep the lights on at the National Marine Life Center, the filtration pumps running, and their pens and pools clean. They depend on you for food, medicine, and vitamins. They depend on you for […]
Chiller’s Importance: A Memoriam Providing Flexibility in Rehabilitation
Over the past few weeks of this summer 2013, the stifling heat wave hitting the Northeast has left its mark. To say the NMLC animal hospital gets hot is an understatement, but thanks to the donation of a chiller this past year, our animals are able to stay cool. The chiller, donated by Anne Cassim […]
The NMLC Wish List
NMLC is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) rehabilitation and release hospital for the treatment of stranded sea turtles and seals, with future plans to expand to treat dolphins, porpoises, and small whales. Our Facebook page is updated weekly with a Wish List Item of the Week. As our animal hospital expands and we receive more patients, […]
Thank You, Mermaid Ball 2012 Auction Donors!
This year’s Mermaid Ball auction featured an extensive collection of mermaid, pirate, ocean, and marine animal related items! From handmade quilts to whimsical home decor items to adventures both local and exotic, there was something for everyone! Thank you to our 2012 Auction Donors who helped to make the Mermaid Ball a wonderful success! When […]