The Marine Mammal Center has announced its 2024 patient of the year.
A Guadalupe fur seal, which the center named Sloopy, was stranded in a harbor looking skinny and exhausted. As a species that lives in the open ocean, fur seals rarely come to shore unless they are sick or injured, so it was clear to the center’s trained responders that something was wrong.
Sloopy was brought to The Marine Mammal Center hospital in Sausalito where veterinarians did a thorough admit exam. Along with malnutrition, Sloopy was diagnosed with pneumonia, an infection in his lungs. He was put on a personalized treatment plan that included plenty of fish and medicine to build his strength.
In the months that followed, the seal gained a healthy amount of weight and showed animal care experts he had mastered the foraging skills to thrive in the wild. Sloopy was released back to his ocean home.
For more information or to “adopt” a patient like Sloopy, visit marinemammalcenter.org.
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