 The
Marine Mammal Center recognizes human interdependence with marine
mammals and their importance as sentinels of the ocean environment,
the health of which is essential for all life. It is our responsibility
to use our awareness, compassion and intelligence to foster
marine mammal survival and the conservation of their habitat.
The Marine Mammal Center works toward this end:
Through rescue and humane treatment of ill, injured, or orphaned
marine mammals, to return healthy animals to the wild.
Through scientific inquiry, to increase knowledge of marine
mammals, their health and their environment and assure their
long-term survival.
Through education and communication, to increase appreciation
of marine mammals, foster informed decision-making affecting
them, and inspire action to protect the marine environment.
Working together toward the future, dreams can come true!
With our members' help we've built an organization that has
a singular purpose: to save marine mammals and their environment
before it's too late.
Since 1975, over 12,000 animals, such as elephant seals, sea lions, sea otters, harbor seals, fur seals, dolphins, harbor porpoises and the like, have been rescued and treated
at our hospital facility. Each year marine science education
programs and events reach over 100,000 school children and
members of the general public, helping to foster a sense of
responsibility and connection to the marine environment. Our
science program increasingly provides vital information on
our sick and injured patients - what diseases they suffer
from, how their immune systems work, and most important of
all, how they are affected by changes in their environment.
But it all takes funding. Although federal law protects marine mammals, we
depend on membership contributions from individuals like you to fund our programs.
Please take a minute to fill out the Membership
Application. When you join The Center you become an important part of a
unique group dedicated to the survival and conservation of marine mammals and
their habitat.
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