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Sep 26

“Dolphin Tale” Movie Brings Attention to Rescue Efforts

by Staff

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The new, hit movie “Dolphin Tale,” brought much-deserved attention this weekend to extraordinary wildlife rescue efforts done at marine mammal facilities around the world. The SeaWorld Rescue Team – which also helped with the initial rescue transport of the film’s star Winter – uses its expertise and creativity every day to devise new ways to rescue, treat and return to nature these extraordinary animals. No rescue, no case is ever the same. Examples of this ingenuity at work include:

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Aug 03

SeaWorld Orlando Returns Rescued Manatee and Her Newborn Calf

by Emily Winterhalter

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Thursday morning (August 2, 2012), SeaWorld Orlando’s Animal Rescue team traveled to Merritt Island, Fla. to return a rescued manatee and her two-week-old calf to their natural environment.

Jul 23

Rescued Manatee Gives Birth at SeaWorld Orlando

by Emily Winterhalter

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A pregnant manatee rescued by SeaWorld’s Animal team in June has given birth to a healthy manatee calf!

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Jul 06

SeaWorld Orlando Welcomes Baby Dolphin

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May 22

SeaWorld Rescues Newborn Dolphin

by Emily Winterhalter

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This past Sunday, SeaWorld's animal rescue team traveled to Three Sisters Island, in Volusia County, Fla. to rescue a stranded newborn dolphin calf.

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May 03

SeaWorld Orlando’s Animal Rescue Team Returns Manatee Kahula

by Kenny Howell, Marketing Coordinator SeaWorld Orlando

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This morning SeaWorld's animal rescue team returned manatee Kahula, who weighs close to 900 pounds, to the waters off Merritt Island, Fla. You might have seen Kahula in our rehab pool - the one with the scare around his entire body.

Kahula was just a bit excited to be back home

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Mar 15

Dolphin rescue in southwest Florida - Fishing line puts dolphin in danger

by Kenny Howell, Marketing Coordinator SeaWorld Orlando

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On March 9th, a team of marine animal rescue experts --from SeaWorld Orlando, NOAA Fisheries Services, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Chicago Zoological Society, Mote Marine Lab, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and University of Florida – worked together to free a dolphin that had been tangled in fishing line in the Ten Thousand Islands area, a chain of islands off the coast of southwest Florida between Cape Romano and Marco Island.

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Feb 24

Actor Dermot Mulroney Makes Feathery Friends and a Generous Contribution at SeaWorld San Diego

by Kelly Terry, Public Relations Manager

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Dermot Mulroney recently made about 300 new feathery friends at SeaWorld San Diego! During a behind-the-scenes tour at the park’s Penguin Encounter, the film actor met, among others, "King Tut, a king penguin who lives with four other species in their chilly 25-degree habitat.

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Feb 20

SeaWorld San Diego Taking Care of Their 'Valentine'

by Kelly Terry, Public Relations Manager

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SeaWorld San Diego recently rescued a young California sea lion with a severe wound on her flipper. Following X-rays, park veterinarians found out that she had actually been shot and a bullet fragment was lodged in her shoulder blade.