Hey Jude, Don’t Be Afraid
It’s hard to tell a seal pup to not be afraid when he’s suffering from facial wounds likely inflicted by another animal and is lying on the beach emaciated. But, in the expert hands of the Vancouver Aquarium’s ...
Timbit: First Seal Pup Patient of 2016
It's the beginning of seal pupping season along British Columbia's coast and the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre rescued their first seal pup patient, Timbit.
Timbit, a tiny male pup estimated...
Rescue of the Week: Bobby Orr
We may only be halfway through the summer, but things at Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre are in full swing. Every which way you look, you see seals; in quarantine, out of quarantine, in pre-rel...
Rescue of the Week: Jenna from Courtenay
On July 15 our Marine Mammal Recue Centre received a call from the Courtenay RCMP with a report from a member of the public who was concerned about a seal pup at the Courtenay Air Park boat launch. Our staff wa...
Meet “Lionel Messi”, First Rescued Seal Pup of 2015
Monday evening marked the start of the seal pup rescue season for our team at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre, presented by Port Metro Vancouver.
The tiny male pup — still covered in the s...