Three full-time staffers work at the state’s only facility authorized to rehabilitate stranded or injured otters, seals, birds, even a rare walrus — lovable creatures only briefly in their hands.
Halley Werner, an animal care specialist at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, bottle feeds a sea otter pup around 7 a.m. on Oct. 12.
The animals Werner interacts with on a daily basis may be adorable, but the work is physically and emotionally draining, she said as she ended a shift at the center last month.The SeaLife Center, in downtown Seward on the edge of Resurrection Bay, is the only institution in the state authorized to rehabilitate live stranded marine mammals and has a dedicated team that provides around-the-clock care.
One of the otter pups getting TLC in the center’s Wildlife Response quarantine area arrived in early September.involving the otter’s mother in the waters near Homer that left the baby animal orphaned and fatigued, and its protective coat damaged., but it’s just one of the hundreds of animals that the center has taken in over its 25-year history, including a few others that also made headlines.
Currently, there are only three full-time, year-round staff members on the center’s Wildlife Response Team though the team adds another seasonal staff member and some interns during the busy summer season. “We could not function if we didn’t have the team that we have,” Costner said. “It’s super important that you have a team that you know has your back and that will listen if you need to vent about anything. There are hard days.”
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