Orphaned Sea Otter Pup

Video Title :	Orphaned Sea Otter Pup
Description :	Abby, a California sea otter pup, is cared for by Mark Bressler, senior animal care specialist at SeaWorld San Diego. The Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center found the otter stranded and near comatose on Jalama Beach, north of Santa Barbara, Calif., on July 21 and brought it to SeaWorld for rehabilitation. The female pup, which was estimated to be less than a week old when rescued, is being bottle-fed around the clock at SeaWorld and weighs approximately four pounds. When the young otter was rescued, she was dehydrated, hypoglycemic, having difficulty maintaining her body temperature and weighed about three pounds (sea otter pups weigh between three and five pounds at birth). At first, the otter was too weak to nurse and had to be tube-fed. Animal care specialists eventually were able to get her to drink from a bottle. The otter pup is showing signs of progress, including nursing from a bottle regularly, and maintaining a normal body temperature of 99 to 100 degrees F. The California sea otter is listed as a threatened species by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Threats include oil spills, entanglement in fishing nets and disease. The three California sea otters now on display at SeaWorld's Rocky Point Preserve were originally stranded and rescued as part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC) Program. Since 1965, SeaWorld San Diego has rescued thousands of animals and has treated as many as 475 marine mammals in one year. SeaWorld has raised three other orphaned otters in the last 15 years, in cooperation with Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Views :	50688
Rating :	4.89
Keywords, Tags :	animal california conservation ocean orphan otter pup rescue sea seaworld
Video Length :	3 : 20

Comments :

Mark Bressler is dreamy.

I NEED

i agree with budsey1988! i want a baby sea otter!

AWW I want to hug her!!!

So cute... and adorable ........

Glad to hear she is doing well... You have a great Job.. a great passion. Thanks for everything you guys do to educate the humans and care for the animals!WE look forward to more posts!

Wonderful! She is absolutely wonderful.. Thanks for all the hard work you guys do!

And she's doing very well! Our SeaWorld rescue and rehabilitation team is awesome. Stay tuned for more rescues.

you just look at him and just know everything is going to be alright

aww. What a cute Creature. I wish I was an Otter.