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Year In Review: SeaWorld’s Work With Animals in Need of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Return

December 31, 2021

During 2021, SeaWorld Rescue teams across all three parks mobilized to help rescue and rehabilitate animals in need with the end goal of being able to return them to their natural habitat.

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Walrus Awareness Week

Celebrating Walrus Awareness Week

December 10, 2021

The first full week of December serves as Walrus Awareness Week, and we couldn’t be happier to be talking about these massive marine mammals.

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With Threats On The Rise, Ocean Animals Need SeaWorld Now More Than Ever

With Threats On The Rise, Ocean Animals Need SeaWorld Now More Than Ever

May 10, 2019

Jody Westberg, a member of SeaWorld San Diego’s rescue team, explains how humans impact ocean environments and why rescue teams serve as a crucial line of defense for some of marine life’s most insurmountable threats.

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SeaWorld Partners in Conservation: Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute

June 15, 2022

The Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) is SeaWorld’s longest-standing partner in conservation. Despite the shared name, HSWRI is a separate organization independent of SeaWorld.

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Saving the Florida Reef Tract

April 22, 2022

Coral reefs are incredibly large, complex underwater ecosystems. Despite occurring in about 1% of the ocean, coral reefs are home to over 25% of all ocean life. They are formed over the course of millennia from coral polyps, and house thousands of unique and diverse species.

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SeaWorld Partners in Conservation: Amazon River Dolphin Conservation Foundation

April 14, 2022

The Amazon river dolphin, sometimes known as the pink river dolphin or “boto” in Portuguese, is an endangered species of river dolphin found throughout the Amazon basin in Brazil. These dolphins face many challenges — not only are they threated by typical issues such as pollution and habitat degradation, but they are also frequently hunted and used as fishing bait.

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SeaWorld Hosts a Press Conference on Public Private Partnership to Save the Manatee

March 24, 2022

In response to the ongoing Unusual Mortality Event (UME) impacting manatees on the East Coast, SeaWorld will double the critical care space at its Rescue facility in Orlando.

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SeaWorld Rescue Team returning rehabilitated Sea Turtles to the ocean.

SeaWorld Returns 10 Rehabilitated Critically Endangered Sea Turtles to Canaveral National Seashore

March 11, 2022

On March 4, 2022, the SeaWorld Orlando Rescue team hit the beach to return 10 rehabilitated Kemp’s ridley sea turtles to Canaveral National Seashore.

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Guy Harvey's Team Visits SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld Veterinarian Joins OCEARCH’s Expedition Carolinas

June 8, 2021

SeaWorld Veterinarian and Reproductive Physiologist Dr. Gisele Montano recently joined the global non-profit organization OCEARCH on an ocean research expedition off the coast of the Carolinas. Dr. Montano shares more about SeaWorld’s partnership with OCEARCH and her experience on the expedition.

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Guy Harvey's Team Visits SeaWorld Orlando

How SeaWorld Rescues Wildlife in Danger

June 7, 2021

Late last month, the Guy Harvey team joined us at SeaWorld Orlando to get an inside look at the work the SeaWorld Rescue team does day in, day out. The team met with various animal care specialists and shared their experience with us.

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SeaWorld Parks Celebrates World Whale Day

February 16, 2020

On this World Whale Day, SeaWorld remains committed to the preservation and protection of whale populations

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You can see an entangled North Atlantic right whale swimming with fishing trap rope around both flippers, through its mouth, and dragging behind it.

Protect Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales

November 14, 2019

With approximately 411 whales remaining, time is running out for this iconic species.

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