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Aid for stranded seal on beach near Las Gaviotas?

BajaNomad - 2-11-2015 at 01:56 PM

From the BN Facebook page:
Quote:

I live near las gaviotas there is stranded baby seal on the beach, do you know any organization in the Rosarito area that can help it?


https://www.facebook.com/bajanomad/photos/a.535167689887820....






[Edited on 2-11-2015 by BajaNomad]

motoged - 2-11-2015 at 02:29 PM

Most "stranded seal pups" are not stranded.....leave it alone :

http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/lifestyle/213198801.html?mobile=true

http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/currents/2014/05/22/public-urged-refrain-touching-seal-pups/

http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/ommsn/outreach/common

ChicaSierra - 2-12-2015 at 05:03 PM

Quote: Originally posted by BajaNomad  
From the BN Facebook page:

Quote:

I live near las gaviotas there is stranded baby seal on the beach, do you know any organization in the Rosarito area that can help it?


https://www.facebook.com/bajanomad/photos/a.535167689887820....



You could try Profepa in Mexicali. They helped with a sea lion that had a gill net embedded around its neck, in Gonzaga. They caught it, brought it to Mexicali, did surgery, helped it recover then released it where they captured it. Made me realize, anything is possible in Baja.

http://www.profepa.gob.mx/innovaportal/v/563/1/mx/baja_calif...




[Edited on 2-11-2015 by BajaNomad]

toronja - 2-12-2015 at 09:54 PM

Unfortunately the west coast, particularly California, is awash with starving young sea lions at the moment for the third year in a row. When food resources aren't readily available, the young of the year really struggle. No one is sure exactly what has changed, but most of the ones (dead and alive) the Marine Mammal Center is seeing are suffering from starvation and associated illnesses.

A lot of different organizations can help disentangle seals, but few are willing/able to take in starving sea lion pups. There's also not a lot known about how rehabilitated pups do after release (i.e., if the food resources still can't support a population that large, someone's not going to make it). The potential for them to come to associate humans with food is also considerable after rehabilitation.

That said, a skinny, tired young pup will rest ashore in the same area for a couple of days, so, as motoged said, they are typically best left alone to sleep, so that they don't waste resources being wary/fleeing helpful strangers.

P.R.O.F.E.P.A.

bajaguy - 2-12-2015 at 10:22 PM

Phone:664 634 7308 - Tijuana

bajabum - 2-16-2015 at 04:45 PM

sounds like mother nature is rebalancing the seal population...it was definitely needed as the local population is out of control.

thebajarunner - 2-16-2015 at 07:24 PM

one less fish thief