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‘There are hard days’: Behind the scenes with the Alaska SeaLife Center’s animal care team
The pup is alternately known to Werner, an Alaska SeaLife Center animal care specialist, either as “Homer girl” or “tiny baby” but also “shrimp butt” for the way the pup curls its tail ...
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A lost 140-pound baby walrus is getting "round-the-clock" cuddles in rare rescue attempt
A baby walrus was found lost and alone along the North Slope of Alaska with little hope for survival. Now, in a rare and "exceptional" rescue attempt, he's being raised and nursed — with 24/7 ...
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Alaska SeaLife Center admits first fur seal patient in 6 years
The Alaska SeaLife Center admitted a northern fur seal pup to the Wildlife Response Program on Jan. 31, 2023. (Courtesy Kaiti Grant/ASLC) The Alaska SeaLife Center admitted a northern fur seal pup ...
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Day-Old Baby Otter Saved from 'Unusually Dramatic' Orca Attack in Alaska
Alaska SeaLife Center/Youtube An otter pup is recovering after a deadly orca whale encounter that left the little animal without a mother. The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) said in a news release ...
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Hours-old otter orphaned after surviving attack by killer whales, gutwrenching video shows
Kaiti Grant / Alaska SeaLife Center Ultimately ... She was taken to the ASLC, a public aquarium, research, and wildlife response center in Seward, a city roughly 100 miles south of Anchorage.
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Alaska SeaLife Center: Seward’s Cool Aquarium with Puffins
T he Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward is the only aquarium in Alaska. This is a great place to visit to see puffins, learn about the wildlife in the Gulf of Alaska, and to support the animal ...
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Rescued baby walrus getting "round-the-clock" cuddles as part of care regimen dies in Alaska
was the first walrus patient the Alaska SeaLife Center had treated in four years. Walruses tend to migrate into the Beaufort Sea during years with low amounts of sea ice, which the animals rely ...
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Rare walrus calf under 24/7 cuddle care in Alaska has died
according to the Alaska SeaLife Center. “We are heartbroken to share that the walrus calf admitted to the ASLC Wildlife Response Program on August 1, 2023, passed away this morning after his ...
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Walrus calf rescued in Alaska ‘cuddles’ with animal welfare workers
Pacific Walrus Calf Admitted as Wildlife Response Patient** The Alaska SeaLife Center is caring for a male Pacific walrus calf that arrived from the North Slope of Alaska. Our staff reports that ...
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SeaLife Center rescues 3 seal pups, including female found on Homer beach
The recent rescues come after the discovery and recovery of a premature harbor seal pup and an orphaned northern sea otter ...
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'There are hard days': Behind the scenes with the Alaska SeaLife Center's animal care team
The pup is alternately known to Werner, an Alaska SeaLife Center animal care specialist, either as "Homer girl" or "tiny baby" but also "shrimp butt" for the way the pup curls its tail and ...