Whales and Dolphins and Climate Change

So then I started wondering – what about cetaceans? Heck, wouldn’t a whale, dolphin, or porpoise love climate change? More water, warmer water, more places to forage. Turns out, that’s not the case….
According to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society: “Changes in sea temperature, freshening of seawater, sea level rise, loss of icy polar habitats and the decline of food sources are just some of the many threats posed by climate change.”
For the National Marine Life Center and our partners at the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Marine Mammal Rescue Program, unfortunately, that sounds like more strandings….
For a copy of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society’s report on “Whales in Hot Water”, click here.

For this week's #turtletuesday we have some photos of our awesome volunteers helping us with a transport earlier this month! This dedicated team showed up
Our first release at The Farmhouse - Plymouth, MA! Nothing is better than release day!
Sam Eagle enjoying fish for dinner! Happy #sealsunday!
Hello, and welcome back to…you guessed it, #FactFriday! Now its time for the facts! As you know, sea turtles can become entangled in fishing gear
Happy #wishlistwednesday to one and all! The items for this week, that we are VERY much in need of, are water heaters for our native