A young Harbor Seal pup was observed on the mud flats in Anchorage for over 24 hours. After consulting with the Alaska SeaLife Center, the pup was picked up and transported to Seward. The pup arrived at our rehabilitation facility around 11 pm last night. The newest pup had a full examination today, and it's a girl! She is dehydrated and thin, but otherwise is in decent condition.

A lot has changed for our little girl in 2 weeks! She has been cleared to start swimming twice a day, is no longer on antibiotics for pneumonia, and has transitioned to a fish based formula to prepare her GI tract to process fish. She also had a series of x-rays using barium as a contrast material to study her GI tract, and all appears normal.

While she has yet to eat fish on her own, Liberty will eat fish if staff hold them right in front of her face. We are hoping she will make the connection to the fish we offer during her swims with the fish she eats at scheduled feeds very soon!

Happy Rehab Race Day!! Today runners in Seward and around the country helped raise money to help the ASLC care for and release animals just like Liberty, so thank you!

There was a great turnout at the Homer release today. Taj Mahal entered the water first, but waited for Liberty to join him and they both swam off together. Good luck in the wild Liberty!