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By April, our busy elephant seal and harbor seal pup seasons were in full swing as well, and we were caring for a record number of patients onsite at our hospital in Sausalito, California: 291.

By the time harbor seal pup Ernesto was spotted alone on a public beach along Monterey Bay, The Marine Mammal Center had already rescued more than 80 harbor seal pups during a record - breaking busy season.

Three months of care, many fish milkshakes and a «fish school» graduation later, harbor seal pup «Theros» was given the all clear to return to the wild on Mother's Day earlier this month.

Within a few months, our busy elephant seal and harbor seal pup seasons were in full swing as well, and we were caring for a record number of patients on - site at our hospital in Sausalito, California: 291.

That's why all of our harbor seal pup patients are cared for by a separate team of volunteers in an isolated area of the hospital that doesn't share water pipes or filtration systems with our other pens and pools.

Over the next few weeks, marine biologists say more elephant seal pups, harbor seal pups, and sea lion pups will start showing up along the shores of San Luis Obispo County.

Skiffing up Endicott Arm, harbor seals pups laze around on icebergs.

SAUSALITO (CBS SF)-- During pupping season the Marin County - based Marine Mammal Center is helping abandoned and sick elephant and harbor seal pups with a «Leave Seals Be» campaign, according to center officials.

Wildlife officials are reminding beachcombers not to disturb harbor seal pups that might show up on Marin beaches in the coming weeks.

During pupping season the Marin County - based Marine Mammal Center is helping abandoned and sick elephant and harbor seal pups with a «Leave Seals Be» campaign, according to center officials.

Behavior, movements, and apparent survival of rehabilitated and free - ranging harbor seal pups.

Pacific harbor seal pups that are not yet weaned are generally started on Zoologic (Milk Matrix 30/55) a high fat milk protein powder containing low levels of lactose and fortified with vitamins and minerals, fish oil, and water.

From mid-February through the end of June, the Center's rescue and rehabilitation work focuses on orphaned elephant seal and harbor seal pups.

Pupping season - the time of year when Northern elephant seal and harbor seal pups are born along the CA coast - has officially begun!

Geography and stage of development affect persistent organic pollutants in stranded and wild - caught harbor seal pups from central California.

This grueling schedule is typical of our busy pupping season, which normally wouldn't start until March, when newly weaned elephant seal and harbor seal pups begin to show up here in need of a helping hand.

Re-alimentation in harbor seal pups: Effects on the somatotropic axis and growth rate.

On Friday, three rehabilitated harbor seal pups were released by the Marine Mammal Center at the private estate of Melanie and Richard Lundquist at Otter Cove in Pebble Beach.

Officials with the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Marine Mammal Center say harbor seal pups, born in late winter and early spring, could suffer permanent harm if they are moved or if their mothers are scared off.

Not exact matches

Find out what to do when you see a harbor or elephant seal pup alone on a beach: it can mean the difference between life and death for newborn pups.

This time of year, young elephant seals and harbor seals are born on beaches up and down the California coast, and these pups stay on the beach while their mothers nurse them for about a month.

The natural birthing room for mama harbor seals in Monterey Bay expanded, for the first time, onto Pacific Grove's popular Lovers Point beach, prompting the beach's closure in recent days.A mother and newborn seal pup were spotted on the beach early Sunday by a volunteer docent for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and human helpers sought to keep the legally protected marine mammals protected.

We're also right in the thick of peak harbor seal and elephant seal pup season, with more than 187 patients on - site today.

Seal pupping season is in full swing along the Sonoma County coast, and visitors to Goat Rock and similar beaches may find harbor seals spread comfortably on the shore nursing their newborn pups.

Its sandy beaches are used by pupping harbor seals, and dense kelp beds offshore provide shelter for sea otters.

Staggering populations of over 70,000 California sea lions, 5,000 northern fur seals, 50,000 northern elephant seals and 1,100 harbor seals breed and pup on the island each year.

Free - feeding is how we feed most of the animals at the Center, including weaned pups, California sea lions, northern and Guadalupe fur seals, and adult harbor seals.

Blood and hair mercury concentrations in the Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) pup: Associations with neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Organohalogen levels in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups increase with duration of nursing.

According to Laura Sherr, a Marine Mammal Center spokeswoman, besides toxins, warming ocean temperatures have also had an impact on a harbor seal mother's ability to forage for food to take care of their pups.