SeaWorld IPO documents show a company deep in debt and reveal some interesting stats about how they do business.
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 Cape Cod revels in its shark attack. You’ll see all kinds of shark souvenirs and you can try to see one on a boat tour to see seals (what the sharks are after). Keep reading Cape Cod loves its seals–and now sharks, too  January is slow season for beach tourists, but busy for the Marine Mammal Stranding Center to get calls for beached seals. Keep reading Atlantic City seal hospital gears up for busy season  Japan isn’t releasing enough information on radioactive compounds and levels to know if sea life is safe. Past nuclear dumps have lead to mass die-offs. Keep reading Yale report: not enough data to believe Japan’s radioactive water dump is safe  Yellowstone Park rounds up 300 bison; likely to slaughter half to please local cattlemen. Did Heidi the possum go cross-eyed from being fat? Jane Lynch v. AKC Keep reading 150 Yellowstone buffalo risk slaughter; Possum on diet to cure cross-eyes  Whales, dolphins and seals moving back to New York harbor, especially off Queens. Keep reading Whale watching in NYC, New wolf in Africa Court rules NOAA can’t just ignore the amount of salmon killed by dams and fishermen, then go nuclear on sea lions, who kill far less of the migratory fish. Keep reading Court says fisheries can’t punish sea lions when dams and fishermen kill more salmon  Want to see sea lions in LA? Go to Marina Del Rey, just south of Venice Beach. By a fishing dock, you’ll see plenty of pelicans and a few sea lions trying to steal a meal. Keep reading For Pelicans and Sea Lions in LA, Go to Marina Del Rey San Francisco Parties for Return of Runaway Sea Lions (and one of few marine mammal success stories) Sea lions being admired, courtesy of Pier 39 San Francisco is having a party today to celebrate the return of the best urban marine mammal attractions in the country. The city appreciates its sea lions and is just saying, thank goodness they’ve come home. When they disappeared from Pier 39 last fall the whole world was worried. (Well, except for those who said that they tend to come and go. Which, it turns out, was right.) Salty The Sea Lion mascot will be “available for hugs and photos,” a press release says. The Pier is also celebrating 20 years of having hundreds of 600-pound predators in a major city. They started showing up after a 1989 earthquake. Instead of getting ousted from valuable real estate, they city enjoyed them as a natural wonder–and created a major tourist attraction. This could have gone down differently. The sea lions took over expensive boat docks. Sure, the Marine Mammal Protection Act covers them. But the government is always willing to make exceptions. Oregon fishermen got permission to kill sea lions that hang out at a dam where salmon congregate. Last year when 1,700 sea lions showed up, they tested San Francisco’s tolerance. The harbor drew up plans to keep them away from the nearby Hyde Street Pier. The population numbers go up and down with weather, currents and food availability, so maybe they won’t need to be pushed out. The sea lions’ movements are still inscrutable, but the best going theory Keep reading San Francisco Parties for Return of Runaway Sea Lions (and one of few marine mammal success stories) 
The New England Aquarium Marine Animal Rescue Team and an alert seal-loving Beverly, MA, woman saved a harp seal who got stuck in the crevice of a cliff Monday. The 50-pound, yearling female seal got stuck between rocks 20 feet above the water by the full moon high tide. Rescuers extricated the seal, who has gray mottled fur, from the rocks, checked her out and released her into Salem Sound.The seal was first seen on the cliff Sunday by neighbor Katie Duffy. Like many people, Duffy was worried seeing a seal out of water. She called rescuers who could thought the seal was doing fine. The seal population in the U.S. seems to be on the rise, leading to seals showing up in unusual places or high numbers. Just days ago the aquarium was checking out a seal who decided to visit downtown Boston. The next day, however, the seal has gotten herself stuck in a tiny 2-foot deep trench. Duffey again called rescuers, who came out to find the seal “in significant distress with labored breathing,” according to the Aquarium. “They were initially not optimistic about the seal’s prospects.” Aquarium staff Adam Kennedy and Ulrika Malone threw a blanket over her. She froze in fear and they were able to push her into a crate. When they finally got to examine her, they found she was fine. She just had some scratches.So they carried her crate down to a beach. At first she was still too scared to move, Keep reading Harp Seal Stuck On Cliff Near Salem, MA, Rescued |
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