Wondering how Quatse the abandoned sea otter pup is faring in her new home?

Well, according to Lindsaye Akhurst, manager of the Vancouver AquariumB次元官网网址檚 Marine Mammal Rescue Centre (MMR), she has B次元官网网址渟tabilized but is still receiving 24 hour care from our staff and volunteers at the rescue centre.B次元官网网址�

Quatse was rescued from a Port Hardy beach where she was discovered abandoned by her mom March 7, and hastily trucked and flown to the mainland.

The last B次元官网网址減updateB次元官网网址� was on March 15, where it was announced she has been upgraded to an outdoor habitat with her own pool, is slowly gaining weight, and is a lot more active than when she was first admitted.

Alyssa Berube, who helped rescue Quatse from the beach and drove her down island to Campbell River to catch a flight to the rescue centre, said sheB次元官网网址檚 feeling B次元官网网址渧ery happy that we have such organizations like MMR to take care of our creaturesB次元官网网址� and that it was a lucky twist of fate that she ended up being a part of the volunteer rescue teamB次元官网网址檚 mission.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 thankful they called on me to assist with QuatseB次元官网网址檚 capture and transfer. I look forward to the day when sheB次元官网网址檚 grown and well enough to leave the MMR nest and be wild again, as thatB次元官网网址檚 always the goal.B次元官网网址�

ThereB次元官网网址檚 still no official word on whether Quatse will be able to be released back into the wild.

Berube is a member of the Tri-Port Wildlife Response Team, a group of North Island locals who volunteer to help in the rescue, care and transport of injured wildlife to various rescue organizations.

Check out the Tri-Port Wildlife Response TeamB次元官网网址檚 for more information on the group.

She added you can check out their website for pictures of Quatse and for current B次元官网网址減updates.B次元官网网址�

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