{"id":16533,"date":"2019-05-10T19:03:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T19:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/?p=16533"},"modified":"2022-02-21T14:40:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:40:50","slug":"rescued-harp-seal-sally-ride-released-from-national-aquarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/exotic-medicine\/rescued-harp-seal-sally-ride-released-from-national-aquarium\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescued Harp Seal &#8220;Sally Ride&#8221; Released From National Aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sally Ride and Marie Tharp are two female Harp seals who were <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/national-aquarium-veterinarians-treating-two-harp-seals\/\">rescued<\/a> off the coast of Maryland and Delaware at the beginning of the year. They were brought to the National Aquarium&#8217;s Animal Care and Rescue Center in Baltimore to undergo treatment and rehabilitation. Staff and visitors quickly fell in love with them and their journey to recovery.<\/p>\n<p>When they were rescued, Marie was severely dehydrated and had contracted seal lice, intestinal worms, and a mild respiratory infection. Sally was also suffering from dehydration and a severe case of seal lice. After spending more than two months at the center, Marie was deemed healthy enough to be <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/national-aquarium-animal-rescue-releases-harp-seal\/\">returned<\/a> back to the ocean on April 5. She was released at Assateague State Park.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_16535\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16535\" class=\"wp-image-16535\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/20190425SallyRideRelease2-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"seal release\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/20190425SallyRideRelease2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/20190425SallyRideRelease2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/20190425SallyRideRelease2-1.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sally Ride was rescued and treated for dehydration and seal lice. After more than two months, she is returning home. Photo Courtesy: National Aquarium<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Sally Ride&#8217;s Return Home<\/h3>\n<p>Sally was originally found stranded on the shores of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and admitted to the center in late February. After being treated with antibiotics and IV fluids, she was moved into the rehabilitation suite with Marie Tharp. She was named for\u00a0Sally Ride\u2014an astronaut and physicist who was an advocate for science education and motivated young girls and women to pursue careers in science, math, and technology. Naming animals after famous scientists was the aquarium&#8217;s theme for the 2018-2019 season.<\/p>\n<p>Now Sally&#8217;s time has come! Sally was released in Ocean City, Maryland, on April 25. Accompanying her was a crowd of 300 workers and onlookers. Once the crate was opened, Sally wasted no time and was off into waves, cheered on by all her supporters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16536\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16536\" class=\"wp-image-16536\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/20190425SealReleaseSallyRide-115-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"seal release\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/20190425SealReleaseSallyRide-115-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/20190425SealReleaseSallyRide-115-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarypractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/20190425SealReleaseSallyRide-115.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harp seal Sally Ride making her way back home after being treated and rehabilitated at the National Aquarium. Photo Courtesy: National Aquarium<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The Mission of the Rescue Center<\/h3>\n<p>As an extension of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqua.org\/\">National Aquarium<\/a>\u2019s mission, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqua.org\/Support\/BLUEprint\/animal-care-and-rescue-center\">Animal Care and Rescue Center<\/a> provides a permanent and world-class home for the care of the Aquarium\u2019s current and future animals and some of its animal rescue operations, says Weaver.<\/p>\n<p>Home to up to 1,500 animals at any given time, the center\u2019s ample pools provide a place for care and acclimation for species from beta fish to sharks, and more than doubles the capacity for off-exhibit and rescue animal care.<\/p>\n<p>The 56,339-square-foot building also houses the exhibit fabrication workshop and classroom and community space.<\/p>\n<p>The Animal Care and Rescue Center is home to state-of-the-art seal rehabilitation suites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Marie Tharp&#8217;s release, Sally Ride has finally completed her treatment at the National Aquarium and was released back into the ocean on April 25, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":51,"footnotes":""},"categories":[342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-exclusive","column-digital-exclusive","clinical_topics-exotic-medicine","clinical_topics-news"],"acf":{"hide_sidebar":false,"hide_sidebar_ad":false,"hide_all_ads":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rescued Harp Seal &quot;Sally Ride&quot; 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