An orphaned sea otter has been welcomed into its new home at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
Officials say that the otter was rescued off the coast of Santa Cruz County and that it will be the first 'surrogate-raised' otter at their facility. The otter, a female pup, will potentially be released back into the wild after rehabilitation, according to aquarium officials. She is being raised in a partnership with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Surrogacy Program.
'We are thrilled to be able to further help this threatened species recover by expanding our conservation programs to now help stranded sea pups get a second chance at returning to the wild,' said Brett Long, the senior director of birds and mammals at the Aquarium of the Pacific in a statement. Since opening in 1998, the Aquarium of the Pacific has taken in rescued sea otters that were deemed non-releasable to the wild by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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