Caspian Seals Rehabilitation Center’s New Building

After moving to a new building, Caspian Seals Research and Rehabilitation Center (Aktau, Kazakhstan) reopened at the end of November. The center’s premises were modernized in accordance with the latest requirements for the care and treatment of marine mammals. Additional specialised enclosures for the rehabilitation of animals were installed, and an area for scientific research was equipped.

The center’s specialists have the opportunity to rescue Caspian seals, treating, nursing, adopting them for release into the sea. If you find an animal in need of help, call the center at any time +7 775 101 11 22.

A Caspian seal. The 7th International Expedition organized by CAIER, the Northern Caspian, January 2023.

Caspian Seals Research and Rehabilitation Center, Aktau, Kazakhstan, November, 2023.

Caspian Seals Research and Rehabilitation Center, Aktau, Kazakhstan, November, 2023.

Caspian Seals Research and Rehabilitation Center, Aktau, Kazakhstan, November, 2023.

The Kazakhstan rehabilitation center is adopting the experience of The Marine Mammal Center, one of the largest and oldest in USA. Over the 49 years of its existence, the employees and volunteers of this center have rescued more than 24 thousand marine mammals inhabiting near the North America coast and the Hawaiian Islands.

The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, USA. Photo from the center’s web-site.

The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, USA. Photo from the center’s web-site.

The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, USA. Photo from the center’s web-site.

The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, USA. Photo from the center’s web-site.

Hawaiian monk seals. Photo from The Marine Mammal Center’s web-site.

In July 2023, as part of scientific and practical cooperation, specialists from two centers, Kazakhstani and American, held a webinar to exchange experience in seal rescue and rehabilitation.

A Caspian seal pup. The 7th International Expedition organized by CAIER, the Northern Caspian, January 2023. Photo by Sarah Del Ben.

 

Source: Caspian Seals Research and Rehabilitation Center.

 

 

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