Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Parish Hall
— from The SeaDoc Society —
Dr. Martin Haulena, the Staff Veterinarian at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre will speak on Marine Mammal Stranding and Rehabilitation at 7pm on January 12, 2016. The lecture is free.
The Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Program, where Dr. Haulena is staff veterinarian, assists distressed marine mammals including newborn harbor seals, elephant seals, sea lions, harbor porpoises, dolphins, and killer whales. They work to care for these animals and rehabilitate them for release back into the wild, and they study the ill or orphaned animals to better understand the health of wild populations.
In recent years Dr. Haulena has been instrumental in the new effort to rescue sea lions that are entangled in plastic packing straps.
The 2015-16 Marine Science Lecture Series is designed to inspire the general public and to highlight important scientific issues in our region. Lectures are free.
The Lecture Series is presented by program partners The SeaDoc Society and YMCA Camp Orkila. It has been made possible through generous sponsorship by Tom and Nate Averna (Deer Harbor Charters), Barbara Brown, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Audrey and Dean Stupke, West Sound Marina, WWW Foundation (Bryce and Sue Rhodes), and Martha Wyckoff in honor of Lee Rolfe. Co-sponsorship by Glenn Prestwich and Barbara Bentley. For more information visit https://www.seadocsociety.org/events
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