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SeaWorld Orlando Rescues First Injured Manatee Of 2015
The SeaWorld Orlando Animal Rescue Team travelled around 500 miles to Alabama to rescue an injured, cold stressed manatee from the Magnolia River last weekend. The adult female manatee was successfully rescued by the team and was transported to SeaWorld Orlando for further rehabilitation and care. The manatee is 2.7 metres long, around the same […]
Feather Weight Or Heavy Weight? New-Born Penguin Chicks Get Weighed In At SeaWorld Orlando
Eight penguin chicks have recently hatched at Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin at SeaWorld Orlando. The penguin chicks are all healthy and growing rapidly, currently weighing between 510 grams and just one kilogram – around the same as one or two loafs of bread. The SeaWorld Aviculture Team weighs the chicks every other day to monitor […]
Endangered Gorilla Born At Busch Gardens
A male endangered western lowland gorilla was born at Busch Gardens Tampa on Tuesday, 16th December at 11:35 a.m. This birth is part of the park’s partnership in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP). The mission of the SSP is to cooperatively manage specific, and typically threatened or endangered, species […]
Grant Made To Chimpanzee Sanctuary Affected By The Ebola Crisis
57 wildlife conservation projects around the world are receiving much needed funding from the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund this year. Just over $1 million is being distributed among these projects bringing the amount awarded since the Fund was created in 2003, to more than $11 million. A majority of the grants awarded this […]
Killer Whales Imitate Sounds Of Bottlenose Dolphins
A team of scientists from Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) has found that killer whales living with bottlenose dolphins can learn to modify their vocalisations to be more like those of dolphins. Knowing that killer whales can learn, and that they are motivated to do so, sheds important light on how wild populations of whales might […]
Our Statement On Virgin’s Pledge
SeaWorld welcomed the opportunity to participate, along with similarly accredited organisations, in the six-month stakeholder engagement process conducted by Virgin Unite on marine mammals. We have always been willing to lend our expertise to any objective, science-based process that seeks to assure the health and welfare of animals living in professionally operated zoological institutions. SeaWorld […]
Cataract Surgery Performed On Penguins At SeaWorld
A total of four SeaWorld Orlando penguins, one rockhopper and three Gentoo, are healing nicely after receiving a specialty surgery on August 28th 2014 to remove cataracts at Animal Eye Associates in Maitland, Florida. The surgery was performed by veterinary ophthalmologist Dr. Heidi Denis, who specialises in animal ophthalmology. “As penguins get older they begin […]
Gorilla Birth Expected At Busch Gardens
A 12-year-old western lowland gorilla named Pele is pregnant and expected to give birth later this year. With a gestation period of eight and half months, Pele is expected to give birth in November 2014. This pregnancy is part of Busch Gardens’ participation in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP). […]
Common Household Items Used To Repair Rescued Sea Turtle’s Shell
Earlier this week, SeaWorld Orlando’s Animal Rescue Team received a juvenile green sea turtle that was found with a large wound to its carapace. The sea turtle was rescued by the University of Central Florida Marine Turtle Research Group and brought to SeaWorld Orlando for care and rehabilitation. The five pound green sea turtle was […]