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Incident Response to Live Marine Animal Strandings An overview of training and challenges

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

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  1. Incident Response to Live Marine Animal Strandings An overview of training and challenges Jennifer Dittmar

  2. 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

  3. What is a Stranding? • When a MM or ST:

  4. Northeast Region Stranding Network

  5. Stranding Response in Delmarva

  6. Common Mid-Atlantic Species

  7. Seals in Delmarva • Current Trend • Historically

  8. How do we respond? Volunteers Baltimore – rehab Eastern Shore – response Partners Various response and rehab partners

  9. Incident Response Training

  10. Incident Response Planning “You gotta have a plan…” Photo credit: http://www.newsplink.com/wpcontent/uploads/2009/03/exxon_valdez.jpg

  11. Incident Response Planning A comparison of scenarios

  12. Other Factors to Consider

  13. Rehab

  14. A Lesson From Melman… “No other zoo can afford my medical care! And I am not going HMO!”

  15. Release

  16. Post-Release Monitoring

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