SeaWorld has rescued 36 Guadalupe fur seals over the last five years
The event lasted from January 2015 through September 2021. Some 715 Guadalupe fur seals and 170 northern fur seals stranded themselves from California to Washington during that time, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, which oversees the nation’s ocean resources and habitat.NOAA determined the trouble came because there had been fewer fish around to eat, most likely because the Pacific had been unusually warm.
A young Guadalupe fur seal sits in a cage while being transported in a Sea World boat. One elephant seal and five Guadalupe fur seals were released roughly 10 miles off the San Diego shore in San Diego, CA on Thursday, June 30, 2022 after completing rehabilitation. Guadalupe fur seals tend to stay in deep waters, said Justin Viezbicke, response coordinator for NOAA’s California Marine Mammal Stranding Network.People long thought Guadalupe fur seals had been hunted to extinction.
SeaWorld has been home to nine rescued Guadalupe fur seals this year, including four still there. Smith and Otjen said three of them need a few more weeks of rehabilitation before they can be released. The fourth arrived Friday from Marine Mammal Center. Eric Otjen, a rescuer at SeaWorld San Diego, picks up a bottle of Dove shampoo that was seen floating in the water while rescuers transported five Guadalupe fur seals and one elephant seal roughly 10 miles off the San Diego shore in San Diego, CA on Thursday, June 30, 2022 after completing rehabilitation.Along the way to the return site, the boat stopped often for the crew to scoop garbage out of the sea.
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