Marine Mammal Rescue

The Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre is a hospital for sick, injured or orphaned marine mammals. The Rescue Centre rescues abandoned mammals and rehabilitates them for release back into their natural habitat. Donate to the Rescue Centre at www.vanaqua.org/act/direct-action/marine-mammal-rescue

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Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

Ocean Wise

July 21, 2020

Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Conservation Through Citizen Science, Research Initiative - Marine mammals as Sentinels, Research Site - CORI, Whale Sightings

In 2019, citizen scientists reported more than 9,000 sightings through the Ocean Wise WhaleReport App contributing to important research and conservation efforts . The results are in. In 2019, 1,149...

Urgent call for help to re-open Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

Ocean Wise

June 8, 2020

Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue, Vancouver Aquarium

With seal pupping season just around the corner, $125,000 must be urgently raised to reopen and operate Ocean Wise’s animal rescue, rehabilitation and release center for 2020 With seal pupping season just a...

Seal-ed with a kiss: Couples wild about volunteering spend quality time at Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

Ocean Wise

February 14, 2020

Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue

By Adrienne Gee, Marine Mammal Rescue centre volunteer After a long week, what could be more romantic than spending Friday evening with your partner doing something you both love? For volunteers at the Mari...

New TV series will feature the work of Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue team

Ocean Wise

January 30, 2020

Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue

The Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue centre will be the subject of a new TV series called Wild Pacific Rescue! Ocean Wise Conservation Association, the not-for-profit that operates the Vancouver Aquarium and...

‘Berni’ the tropical sea turtle slowly warms to new MMRC environment

Ocean Wise

October 4, 2019

Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue

A rare olive ridley sea turtle that usually inhabits tropical and subtropical waters has had a startling introduction to life in Canada. Rescued in Port Alberni on Sept. 30, 2019, the hypothermic turtle wa...

Rescued Northern sea otter Tazlina jets in from Alaska

Ocean Wise

September 9, 2019

Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue, Vancouver Aquarium

The Vancouver Aquarium has welcomed an adorable new arrival. Small, furry and still attached to her fleshy umbilical cord, this newborn Northern sea otter caught the attention of some fishermen trawling for...

Getting Down and Dirty

Ocean Wise

April 12, 2019

Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue

Picture this: what does one human baby need to be properly looked after? They need to be fed and have their diapers changed, and they need a safe and clean place to sleep. Now picture a hundred seal pups that n...

Ocean Wise

March 6, 2019

Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue

Last week, the team at our Marine Mammal Rescue Centre treated a young harbour seal who had been shot in the face and seriously injured by birdshot. Under anaesthetic, she was examined by veterinary opht...