Tag: International Fund for Animal Welfare

Celebrate Wildlife at the Cape Cod Wildlife Festival!

Sep 8, 2017 Barnstable Clean Water Coalition

Celebrate Wildlife and help keep #CapeCodWild! The Cape Cod Wildlife Collaborative is sponsoring its 8th  Annual Cape Cod Wildlife Festival this Saturday. FESTIVAL DETAILS WHEN: Saturday, September 9th, 2017 TIME: 10 am – 3 pm WHERE: Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Road, Barnstable The Festival is FREE to the public and […]

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Sealphen King Headed Back to Sea

Nov 10, 2016 entanglement

It’s going to be an exciting week at the National Marine Life Center as we are preparing for Sealphen King to return to the sea! This larger than life yearling grey seal was rescued from Chatham Harbor by our friends at the International Fund for Animal Welfare on October 8, 2016. Sealphen was found barely […]

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Celebrate Wildlife at the Cape Cod Wildlife Festival

Sep 11, 2015 Barnstable Land Trust

Celebrate wildlife at the 6th Annual Cape Cod Wildlife Festival! The festival showcases local environmental groups – both on land and in the water – all in one place, on one day, and free to the general public. DETAILS: What: Cape Cod Wildlife Festival When: Saturday, September 12, 2015 Time: 10 am – 3 pm […]

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Shades of Grey Seal

May 16, 2015 Cayenne

This spring has been filled with many shades of grey in the National Marine Life Center’s marine animal hospital. Grey seals that is. Our staff and volunteers have been working tirelessly to care for six different grey seal cases. Grey seals are known in the hospital for their feisty personalities so with the 2015 herbs and […]

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Sassafras’s Release

Apr 24, 2015 Cape Cod

On March 19th, the National Marine Life Center’s Animal Care Team received a call from our friends at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to see if we had room to potentially take on a new case. NMLC was available to help! After IFAW monitored this young of a year, grey seal for the […]

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Pepper’s CT Scan

Mar 26, 2015 CT Scan

Our grey seal pup, Pepper, was admitted on February 25th, by our friends at the International Fund for Animal Welfare from Sandy Neck Beach, Barnstable, MA. He was collected for rehabilitation due to ear discharge. Dr. Williams confirmed that an ear infection (otitis media) was present in his left ear by radiographs when Pepper was admitted.  […]

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Sea Turtle #Ride2Release 2015

Mar 24, 2015 International Fund for Animal Welfare

This marks the second year of the infamous #Ride2Release adventure down to the Florida coast in releasing our Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles. This year due to the Kempocalypse of >1200 turtle strandings, we packed the IFAW van to the brim with our Kemp’s – a total of 14 healthy sea animals. A great thanks to […]

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Scout is going home!

Dec 9, 2014 harbor seal

We are pleased to announce Scout is going home! Details: What: Seal Release – Scout Where: Scusset Beach State Reservation, 20 Scusset Beach Road, Sandwich, MA Time: 10:00 am *** All Welcome to Attend! *** Scout is a weanling male harbor seal that stranded at Sandy Neck Beach on Cape Cod on October 10. He […]

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Celebrate Wildlife!

Sep 5, 2014 Barnstable Land Trust

Join the National Marine Life Center and the Cape Cod Wildlife Collaborative and celebrate wildlife! The 5th annual Cape Cod Wildlife Festival showcases local environmental groups – both on land and in the water. It’s FREE, and fun for the whole family! Details: Date: Saturday, September 13, 2014 Time: 10 am – 3 pm Place: Mass Audubon […]

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Celebrate Marine Animals & the Cape Cod Canal!

Jul 24, 2014 behind the scenes tour

It’s the 100th year anniversary of the Cape Cod Canal! For the past century, the Canal has not only been important to human commerce and transportation, it has also been utilized by a variety of marine animal species. Visit us next week, July 28 – August 2, to learn about the whales, dolphins, seals, turtles, […]

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