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When January storms battered San Diego, polluted runoff water may have sickened some 500 brown pelicans.  According to Stephanie Costelow, SeaWorld San Diego’s curator of birds, the park took in and cared for 102 sick birds in January alone. 

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Despite a recent warm-up, manatees are still feeling the chill from Florida’s unseasonably cold and extended winter. SeaWorld Orlando’s Animal Rescue Team rescued a young female manatee suffering from cold stress on March 9. This was the park’s 11th cold-stress related manatee rescue this year. The approximately five-foot-long sea cow was rescued from a canal near Satellite Beach, Fla.

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Since welcoming its first dolphin calf in 2000, Discovery Cove in Orlando has been fortunate enough to experience it’s own baby boom.

And each one of the 20 calves born is special!

Dolphin and Calf

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In response to a question during the February 26 press conference, SeaWorld informed the media that Tilikum would return to shows.  That remains our plan, but a final decision will come only after we complete the thorough review of the procedures that guide our interaction with killer whales.  Training, whether for husbandry, veterinary care, fitness, enrichment or shows, is a critical feature of animal health.

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