Marine Mammal Care Center
at Fort MacArthur
From 1992 to 1998, I was an animal care volunteer at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California (near Los Angeles Harbor).
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California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups; our most common patients.
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We put Farrell shave markings in their fur to identify individual animals. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) required us to tag the animals before release so if they were to re-strand, rescuers would know there would be a medical history on the animal available.
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Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups.
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More of the same.
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Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) pups.
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We could often see them watching us prepare their food.
