When it comes to animal rescue and rehab work, few stories can end as happy as when a momma and her baby are reunited. Well, recently, our partners The Marine Mammal Center were able to reunite a 2-week-old sea otter pup with its mother! This is what our partners wrote about the adorable and heart warming event.
“When a roughly 2-week-old sea otter pup recently stranded on the beach at Morro Bay, our rescue team jumped into action.
Our response team received a call about a sea otter pup crying out in distress in Morro Bay. The young sea otter, roughly 2 weeks old, was in a precarious situation without its mother. We needed to act quickly.
Our response team secured the pup, later named Caterpillar, in a safe and protected container to prevent overheating. To locate the mother, we recorded the pup’s distressed calls and played them over a speaker while moving through the water on a boat.
After two hours of searching, a female otter repeatedly surfaced near the boat, following the pup’s calls. When our experts finally lowered Caterpillar into the water, the female otter swam directly to the pup. The young otter floated on its back as the mother gathered it into her arms, inspecting the fur and holding the pup close.
Our team monitored the pair for another hour to ensure they were stable. Special thank you to our friends at Morro Bay Harbor Department for assisting us with this rescue.”
We are proud to be partnered with such an amazing organization like The Marine Mammal Center!