Though patient #81 was also no longer with her mom when we responded to her case, her story is a bit different. She was reported to our hotline on June…Continue Reading
Our Case Stories
#37—Westport Island, Maine
#37 is another April 2021 pup, reported to our hotline on Westport Island. We responded to find him with a full lanugo coat and an umbilicus, sleeping in the water.…Continue Reading
#36—Freeport, Maine
On April 30, 2021, a caring and concerned beach walker found pup #36 sleeping alone on seaweed and was worried he’d been abandoned. Thanks to the report, our team arrived…Continue Reading
COA—Lincolnville, Maine
Our stranding network partners at Allied Whale at the College of the Atlantic responded to and rescued COA on April 29, 2021. After their team determined she had been abandoned…Continue Reading
#31—Falmouth, Maine
We arrived at Underwood Cove in Falmouth, Maine, on April 11, 2021 to find a small harbor seal pup covered in white fluffy fur (lanugo) with her umbilicus still attached.…Continue Reading
Satellite Tagged Weanling Harbor Seal
On August 12, 2018, MMoME received a report of a small seal that looked to be struggling in Old…Continue Reading
Atlantic White Sided Dolphin, York
On November 15th, 2014, MMoME received a report from a concerned citizen of a dolphin on Short Sands Beach in York, ME. Live-stranded cetaceans (a porpoise, dolphin or whale) are…Continue Reading
Juvenile Hooded Seal, Ogunquit
During the winter of 2017, a small seal was reported to MMoME’s hotline just before dark in front of a busy restaurant in Ogunquit, Maine. Photos showed a juvenile hooded…Continue Reading
Juvenile Harp Seal, Brunswick
In early 2017, a juvenile harp seal stranded in a marsh in Brunswick, Maine. After being reported to our hotline, a trained volunteer was dispatched to examine him. Harp seals…Continue Reading
Right Whale, Boothbay Harbor
In September of 2016, a local whale watch vessel reported a deceased North Atlantic right whale floating off of Boothbay Harbor, ME. This species is critically endangered, with less than…Continue Reading
