Incident Response to Live Marine Animal Strandings An overview of training and challenges
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Incident Response to Live Marine Animal
Strandings
An overview of training and challenges
Jennifer Dittmar
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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
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What is a Stranding?
• When a MM or ST:
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Northeast Region Stranding Network
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Stranding Response in Delmarva
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Common Mid-Atlantic Species
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• Historically • Current Trend
Seals in Delmarva
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How do we respond?
VolunteersBaltimore – rehabEastern Shore –
responsePartners
Various response and rehab partners
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Incident Response Training
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Incident Response Planning“You gotta have a plan…”
Photo credit:http://www.newsplink.com/wpcontent/uploads/2009/03/exxon_valdez.jpg
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Incident Response PlanningA comparison of scenarios
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Other Factors to Consider
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Rehab
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“No other zoo can afford my medical care! And I am not going HMO!”
A Lesson From Melman…
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Release
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Post-Release Monitoring
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