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| − | + | The celebrated the grand opening this week of its newest facility 鈥?one more than 2,300 miles away from its Sausalito headquarters 鈥?in large part due to Bay Area funding. 聽The聽Hawaiian Monk Seal Hospital in Kailua-Kona, named Ke Kai Ola (鈥淭he Healing Sea鈥? in Hawaiian, is dedicated to the rescue and care of one of the Hawaiian Islands鈥?, estimated at fewer than 1,100 individuals. | |
| − | + | Most Hawaiian monk seals live in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, part of the , although they are increasingly being spotted in the main Hawaiian Islands (see the photogallery above). Fewer than one in five pups in these undeveloped islands survive their first year, due to predation, entanglement in marine debris and plastic trash, and changes in the food chain, according to the Marine Mammal Center. | |
| − | + | K奴lia is a female Hawaiian monk seal pup that was rescued at Pearl and Hermes Reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, treated at the new Ke Kai Ola, and returned home. | |
| − | + | 漏 Jon Brack, NMFS Permit 16632-00 and 932-1905-01MA-009526-1 / Marine Mammal Center | |
| − | + | With financial support from the in Walnut Creek, Ke Kai Ola 聽has already treated and released its first patients: four young, malnourished monk seals admitted on July 9 after being rescued in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The hospital鈥檚 veterinary experts and trained volunteers treated 聽Ikaika, a male pup whose name is Hawaiian for 鈥渟trong鈥? K奴lia, a female pup whose name means 鈥渢o strive鈥? and two 1-year-old females,聽H膩la鈥榠 (鈥渃alm, peaceful鈥? and聽Maka鈥榓la (鈥渨atchful, alert鈥?, before returning them to their home surf on Aug. 31. | |
| − | + | 鈥淲e built this hospital to save a species,鈥?Dr. Jeff Boehm, the center鈥檚 executive director, said in a press statement released yesterday. 鈥淭hanks to funding <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/images/gucciusaonlineoutlet.php> cheap gucci</a> from the Firedoll Foundation as well as a generous family foundation and hundreds of donors throughout the world, this hospital can now provide life-saving medical care.鈥? | |
| − | + | Earlier this summer, the San Mateo-based Ldonated a $135,000 Vet Rocket portable X-ray system to the Marine Mammal Center. 鈥淲e鈥檝e committed nearly 10 years and over $500,000 to saving monk seals, and we鈥檒l continue to help however we can,鈥?said Larry Bowman, whose Falko Partners supports community outreach on聽Kaua鈥檌 鈥?home to 鈥?via his family foundation. 鈥淭his exciting project is the culmination of a year-long team effort to deliver the first portable X-ray technology for monk seals 鈥β燱e do hope that our gift will inspire others to donate Vet Rocket systems to each Hawaiian island for the benefit of this noble animal.鈥? | |
| + | 鈥淰et Rocket is an amazing diagnostic tool that will allow us to quickly assess the health of Hawaiian monk seals directly on the beach,鈥?added Dr. Shawn Johnson, the center鈥檚 director of veterinary Science at the Marine Mammal Center. 鈥淭hanks to this breakthrough solution in on-beach diagnosis, the generosity of Falko Partners, and a successful collaboration between the Marine Mammal Center and NOAA, these critically endangered animals will have a better chance of survival.鈥? | ||
| + | 鈥淚t takes a village to care for sick or injured monk seals,鈥?noted Dr. Frances Gulland, Marine Mammal Commissioner and senior scientist at the Marine Mammal Center, in a statement released after the hospital opened Tuesday. 鈥淲e are honored to bring our veterinary <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/clreplicashoes.php> Christian Louboutin Outlet Online</a> and husbandry experience and now partner with the National Marine Fisheries Service, whose work to date is responsible for saving about 30 percent of the monk seals alive today.鈥? | ||
| + | One surviving seal is , who recently celebrated his sixth birthday at his home in the . Formerly known as KP2, he was relocated from Moloka鈥榠 and treated at UC Santa Cruz before being deemed unable to live in the wild and transferred to the aquarium. UC Santa Cruz marine biologist Dr. Terrie Williams later wrote a book based on her patient, 鈥淭he Odyssey of KP2,鈥?and launched a campaign called 聽S. | ||
| + | Besides seeing H艒鈥榓ilona behind glass n Honolulu,聽聽I鈥檝e personally witnessed solitary Hawaiian monk seals basking on Po鈥榠p奴 聽Beach and more quiet spots on Kaua鈥榠, as well as on the beach below Pi鈥榠lani Heiau near聽H膩na. But last week, for the first time I saw one swimming 鈥?fishing, really 鈥?while I was on an outrigger canoe tour with 聽. The young male seal聽was hugging he north side of Pu鈥榰 Keka鈥榓, widely known as Black Rock, off Maui鈥檚 K膩鈥榓napali Beach, where my outrigger canoe聽guides said they had seen him for three days before that 鈥?a good sign that there were few sharks butplenty of fish. | ||
| + | While they did not know the name or number wildlife <a href=http://www.museosangennaro.com/Public/anel.php> Christian Louboutin Shoes UK</a> officials might have given him, they did know the Hawaiian name for his species: 鈥樐玪io-holo-i-kauaua, 鈥渄og running in rough water.鈥?And they knew how special a treat it was for visitors to see one up close; when they returned to his fishing grounds two days later, he was gone. | ||
| + | 鈥?Jeanne Cooper | ||
| + | Ikaika, a male Hawaiian monk seal pup, was one of the first four patients to be treated and released by the Marine Mammal Center鈥檚 new Ke Kai Ola Hawaiian Monk Seal Hospital in Kailua-Kona, which celebrated its grand opening this week but admitted its first patients in July. (Photo: Koa Matsuoka, NMFS Permit 16632-00 and 932-1905-01MA-009526; PRNewsFoto / The Marine Mammal Center) | ||
Revision as of 11:12, 18 September 2014
@@@ The celebrated the grand opening this week of its newest facility 鈥?one more than 2,300 miles away from its Sausalito headquarters 鈥?in large part due to Bay Area funding. 聽The聽Hawaiian Monk Seal Hospital in Kailua-Kona, named Ke Kai Ola (鈥淭he Healing Sea鈥? in Hawaiian, is dedicated to the rescue and care of one of the Hawaiian Islands鈥?, estimated at fewer than 1,100 individuals. Most Hawaiian monk seals live in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, part of the , although they are increasingly being spotted in the main Hawaiian Islands (see the photogallery above). Fewer than one in five pups in these undeveloped islands survive their first year, due to predation, entanglement in marine debris and plastic trash, and changes in the food chain, according to the Marine Mammal Center. K奴lia is a female Hawaiian monk seal pup that was rescued at Pearl and Hermes Reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, treated at the new Ke Kai Ola, and returned home. 漏 Jon Brack, NMFS Permit 16632-00 and 932-1905-01MA-009526-1 / Marine Mammal Center With financial support from the in Walnut Creek, Ke Kai Ola 聽has already treated and released its first patients: four young, malnourished monk seals admitted on July 9 after being rescued in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The hospital鈥檚 veterinary experts and trained volunteers treated 聽Ikaika, a male pup whose name is Hawaiian for 鈥渟trong鈥? K奴lia, a female pup whose name means 鈥渢o strive鈥? and two 1-year-old females,聽H膩la鈥榠 (鈥渃alm, peaceful鈥? and聽Maka鈥榓la (鈥渨atchful, alert鈥?, before returning them to their home surf on Aug. 31. 鈥淲e built this hospital to save a species,鈥?Dr. Jeff Boehm, the center鈥檚 executive director, said in a press statement released yesterday. 鈥淭hanks to funding <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/images/gucciusaonlineoutlet.php> cheap gucci</a> from the Firedoll Foundation as well as a generous family foundation and hundreds of donors throughout the world, this hospital can now provide life-saving medical care.鈥? Earlier this summer, the San Mateo-based Ldonated a $135,000 Vet Rocket portable X-ray system to the Marine Mammal Center. 鈥淲e鈥檝e committed nearly 10 years and over $500,000 to saving monk seals, and we鈥檒l continue to help however we can,鈥?said Larry Bowman, whose Falko Partners supports community outreach on聽Kaua鈥檌 鈥?home to 鈥?via his family foundation. 鈥淭his exciting project is the culmination of a year-long team effort to deliver the first portable X-ray technology for monk seals 鈥β燱e do hope that our gift will inspire others to donate Vet Rocket systems to each Hawaiian island for the benefit of this noble animal.鈥? 鈥淰et Rocket is an amazing diagnostic tool that will allow us to quickly assess the health of Hawaiian monk seals directly on the beach,鈥?added Dr. Shawn Johnson, the center鈥檚 director of veterinary Science at the Marine Mammal Center. 鈥淭hanks to this breakthrough solution in on-beach diagnosis, the generosity of Falko Partners, and a successful collaboration between the Marine Mammal Center and NOAA, these critically endangered animals will have a better chance of survival.鈥? 鈥淚t takes a village to care for sick or injured monk seals,鈥?noted Dr. Frances Gulland, Marine Mammal Commissioner and senior scientist at the Marine Mammal Center, in a statement released after the hospital opened Tuesday. 鈥淲e are honored to bring our veterinary <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/clreplicashoes.php> Christian Louboutin Outlet Online</a> and husbandry experience and now partner with the National Marine Fisheries Service, whose work to date is responsible for saving about 30 percent of the monk seals alive today.鈥? One surviving seal is , who recently celebrated his sixth birthday at his home in the . Formerly known as KP2, he was relocated from Moloka鈥榠 and treated at UC Santa Cruz before being deemed unable to live in the wild and transferred to the aquarium. UC Santa Cruz marine biologist Dr. Terrie Williams later wrote a book based on her patient, 鈥淭he Odyssey of KP2,鈥?and launched a campaign called 聽S. Besides seeing H艒鈥榓ilona behind glass n Honolulu,聽聽I鈥檝e personally witnessed solitary Hawaiian monk seals basking on Po鈥榠p奴 聽Beach and more quiet spots on Kaua鈥榠, as well as on the beach below Pi鈥榠lani Heiau near聽H膩na. But last week, for the first time I saw one swimming 鈥?fishing, really 鈥?while I was on an outrigger canoe tour with 聽. The young male seal聽was hugging he north side of Pu鈥榰 Keka鈥榓, widely known as Black Rock, off Maui鈥檚 K膩鈥榓napali Beach, where my outrigger canoe聽guides said they had seen him for three days before that 鈥?a good sign that there were few sharks butplenty of fish. While they did not know the name or number wildlife <a href=http://www.museosangennaro.com/Public/anel.php> Christian Louboutin Shoes UK</a> officials might have given him, they did know the Hawaiian name for his species: 鈥樐玪io-holo-i-kauaua, 鈥渄og running in rough water.鈥?And they knew how special a treat it was for visitors to see one up close; when they returned to his fishing grounds two days later, he was gone. 鈥?Jeanne Cooper Ikaika, a male Hawaiian monk seal pup, was one of the first four patients to be treated and released by the Marine Mammal Center鈥檚 new Ke Kai Ola Hawaiian Monk Seal Hospital in Kailua-Kona, which celebrated its grand opening this week but admitted its first patients in July. (Photo: Koa Matsuoka, NMFS Permit 16632-00 and 932-1905-01MA-009526; PRNewsFoto / The Marine Mammal Center)
