Aquarium Mar Del Plata Performs Successful Reinsertion To The Sea Of A South American Fur Seal

Our team of Marine Mammal Specialists and Veterinarians from Aquarium Mar del Plata, our marine park in Argentina, successfully reintegrated a juvenile South American fur seal into the sea; after he recovered from a severe malnutrition.

In January, our team of professionals from Aquarium Mar del Plata responded to the call of a South American fur seal, a species of pinniped mammal from the South American otarium family that was found on a beach south of the Punta Mogotes Lighthouse with a severe malnutrition and an atypical shedding of fur.

After more than a month of treatment that included vitamins, blood tests, medications, food and a lot of effort from our Specialists and Veterinarians, “Peque”, as they named the Sea Lion, remarkably regained weight and reached almost 16 kg. Our team of doctors discharged the specimen and returned it to the sea on Wednesday afternoon at the Aquarium Mar del Plata beach.

Since 1994, Aquarium Mar del Plata has a Marine Fauna Rehabilitation Center (CRFM) in which it carries out research, education, environmental protection activities and with which contributing to the rehabilitation of more than 5,000 animals including penguins, pinnipeds, sea turtles, and coastal seabirds.