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Seal of Approval for a New Patient By AARON GOUVEIA The center has its first seal patient, a yearling, 3-foot, 60-pound male harp seal rescued in Harwich by the Cape Cod Stranding Network and taken to the center on March 13. NMLC admits 9 new patients!
“We are pleased to care for this new batch of patients,” said Kathy Zagzebski, NMLC President and Executive Director. “Saving these critically-endangered animals is essential to ocean conservation. We’re thrilled to be working along side institutions such as the New England Aquarium and MassAudubon in the fight to save stranded sea turtles on Cape Cod.”
A non-profit organization, the NMLC is dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of stranded marine animals and to advancing scientific knowledge and education in marine wildlife health and conservation. With the public's help, we are creating a hospital to care for the hundreds of dolphins, porpoises, whales, seals and sea turtles that come ashore alive in need of care, and a science/education center. Currently we have an interim facility with two pools designed for the care of cold-stunned turtles and stranded seals. We offer education programs throughout the year and operate a Visitor Center during the summer months. Our building renovation plans show eight pools of different sizes to treat the full range of marine animals that strand, spaces for support services, and a marine animal discovery center. We invite you to learn more about the animals in our care, about
marine animals and strandings, A STRANDING HOT SPOT
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Register now for the Second Annual Douglas J. Fletcher Memorial Golf Tournament, Monday, September 15, 8 am Shotgun start at The Brookside Club in Bourne. Convention Data Services is a title sponsor and all proceeds will benefit the National Marine Life Center (a cause near and dear to Doug). 19th Hole Festivities will be held at the Mashnee Island Grill in Bourne with lunch, prizes, raffles, and cash bar! For more information, contact golf@cdsreg.com or 
Lavender is a cold-stunned juvenile Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle who stranded on Sandy Neck Beach in Barnstable, MA in November 2006. The turtle arrived immunocompromised from extended exposure to cold temperatures and was suffering from pneumonia and injuries to the front flipper tips; it was initially treated at the New England Aquarium before being transferred to the National Marine Life Center (NMLC) on January 16th, 2007. 
Oceanographic Institution’s Computerized Scanning and Imaging Facility and at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Mauricio Solano, a veterinary radiologist at Tufts, provided a review and interpretation of Lavender’s CT series. Lavender’s condition was treated with several courses of antifungals and antibiotics. 
After nearly one and a half years of treatment, the pneumonia is resolved and Lavender is ready for release! Lavender has been fitted with a satellite tag which will allow her migratory movements to be tracked post-release. You can view Lavender's satellite track by following the link to 
On Monday, April 30, 2007
the National Marine Life Center (NMLC) plans to release its first seal patient
back to the wild. The seal is a three-foot, 65-pound
yearling male harp seal that stranded last month in Harwich
suffering from dehydration and patches of fur loss. 
Harp seals are named for the dark-colored,
harp-shaped fur pattern that adults develop. Adults migrate
between pupping grounds on pack ice off the coasts of Newfoundland
and Labrador to summer feeding grounds in the arctic. Juvenile
harp seals are often seen around Cape Cod during winter
and early spring. 
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Nine endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are arriving at the National Marine Life Center on Tuesday, January 16, 2007. The turtles, which stranded on the Cape during October and November, 2006, were rescued by MassAudubon Wellfleet Bay and have been in critical care at the New England Aquarium. Now that they are out of the turtle “ICU,” the animals will continue their rehabilitation at NMLC’s Sea Turtle Clinic.
The sea turtles are juveniles, an age class that commonly visits Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket Sound during summer months. All nine animals were suffering from cold-stunning, a form of hypothermia. {
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about us by exploring this web site. And we invite you to join us
in creating the hospital and in caring for stranded marine animals.
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