What is the smallest animal The Center has ever rescued?
The smallest animal we have rescued was a female sea otter pup that weighed less than 3 pounds and was only a few days old. The pup was illegally picked up by well-meaning members of the public on March 23, 2005. Currently the pup is being cared for at the Monterey Bay Aquarium The smallest pinniped we have rescued was less than 6 pound northern fur seal pup six-pound northern fur seal named Gozzi from San Luis Obispo County in 1997. Unfortunately, Gozzi was extremely emaciated when he was rescued and did not survive. Generally, every year several fur seal pups, often weighing as little as 10-15 pounds, strand throughout our rescue range. An increase in strandings of fur seal pups in the fall has become an indicator of an upcoming El Niño event. Pacific harbor seal pups, which generally strand in February and March, also tend to be quite small, sometimes as little as 10-15 pounds.
The smallest animal we have rescued was a female sea otter pup that weighed less than 3 pounds and was only a few days old. The pup was illegally picked up by well-meaning members of the public on March 23, 2005. The smallest pinniped we have rescued was less than six-pound northern fur seal named Gozzi from San Luis Obispo County in 1997. Unfortunately, Gozzi was extremely emaciated when he was rescued and did not survive. Generally, every year several fur seal pups, often weighing as little as 10-15 pounds, strand throughout our rescue range. An increase in strandings of fur seal pups in the fall has become an indicator of an upcoming El Niño event. Pacific harbor seal pups, which generally strand in February and March, also tend to be quite small, sometimes as little as 10-15 pounds.
