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Incident Response to Live Marine Animal Strandings An overview of training and challenges. Jennifer Dittmar. Federal Protection. All marine mammals are federally protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
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Incident Response to Live Marine Animal Strandings An overview of training and challenges Jennifer Dittmar
Federal Protection • All marine mammals are federally protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 • All sea turtles are federally protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 • Many large whales as well
What is a Stranding? • When a MM or ST:
Seals in Delmarva • Current Trend • Historically
How do we respond? Volunteers Baltimore – rehab Eastern Shore – response Partners Various response and rehab partners
Incident Response Planning “You gotta have a plan…” Photo credit: http://www.newsplink.com/wpcontent/uploads/2009/03/exxon_valdez.jpg
Incident Response Planning A comparison of scenarios
A Lesson From Melman… “No other zoo can afford my medical care! And I am not going HMO!”