11 April 2009: Following several months in rehab, release day has dawned for orphaned Mediterranean monk seal pup ‘Artemis’. She’s carried from the MOm rehab unit in Steni Vala, Alonnisos, to the organisation’s research vessel, for the 2.5 hour voyage into the core zone of the National Marine Park.

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A photo gallery of Mediterranean monk seal pup Artemis, undergoing rehabilitation at the MOm rescue and treatment unit on Alonnisos, in the Northern Sporades Marine Park.

Photo gallery (courtesy MOm)

Press Release | MOm

After 40 days of treatment at MOm’s Rehabilitation Centre in Alonnisos, Artemis, the new-born orphaned monk seal which was found in Leros at the 10th of December, responds positively to the veterinary treatment administered and shows signs of stabilization.

The last news are more than encouraging, as everything shows that young Artemis has fully adjusted to her daily nursing schedule so as to be prepared for the rehabilitation phase which will last until the mid of April.

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