The Monachus Guardian – Headlines - News - Articles » rehabilitation http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress Dedicated to Monk Seals and their Threatened Habitats Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:25:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Feds: Hawaiian monk seal population 30% higher because of rescues http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/01/27/feds-hawaiian-monk-seal-population-30-higher-because-of-rescues/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/01/27/feds-hawaiian-monk-seal-population-30-higher-because-of-rescues/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:44 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2182 Media Watch, The Republic, 26 January 2012

NOAA researchers freeing an entangled monk seal. Courtesy NOAA.

Federal data show cutting Hawaiian monk seals free from fishing nets, moving vulnerable pups away from preying sharks and other efforts to rescue the animals are significantly helping the endangered species.

One-fifth Continue reading: Feds: Hawaiian monk seal population 30% higher because of rescues]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2012/01/27/feds-hawaiian-monk-seal-population-30-higher-because-of-rescues/feed/ 0 KP2 in captivity at Waikiki Aquarium http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/12/16/kp2-in-captivity-at-waikiki-aquarium/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/12/16/kp2-in-captivity-at-waikiki-aquarium/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:30:52 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=2089 Media Watch, Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press, 15 December 2011

A nearly blind Hawaiian monk seal found years ago trying to suckle a rock at a Kauai beach after his mother abandoned him is settling into his new home at the Waikiki Aquarium.

Hoailona, also known as KP2, has been poking his snout into the Continue reading: KP2 in captivity at Waikiki Aquarium]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/12/16/kp2-in-captivity-at-waikiki-aquarium/feed/ 0 Feeding orphaned monk seal pups http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/11/03/feeding-orphaned-monk-seals/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/11/03/feeding-orphaned-monk-seals/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:00:19 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1981 Letters to the Editor

Comments on Turkish NGO’s efforts to substitute force-feeding with hand-feeding [Two orphaned pups enter rehab in Foça | Foça pups: feeding video]

This is certainly preferable to tube-feeding – if the pups will take sufficient food this way. However, better still would be to enable the pups to suck by Continue reading: Feeding orphaned monk seal pups]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/11/03/feeding-orphaned-monk-seals/feed/ 0 KP2 returns to Hawaii http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/11/02/kp2-returns-to-hawaii/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/11/02/kp2-returns-to-hawaii/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:56:37 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1969 Media Watch, San Jose Mercury News, 1 November 2011

Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft crew members, from Air Station Sacramento, along with biologists and veterinarians from the University of California Santa Cruz load a monk seal into a C-130 aircraft, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Continue reading: KP2 returns to Hawaii]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/11/02/kp2-returns-to-hawaii/feed/ 0 Opposition to monk seal plan voiced at meeting http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/09/18/opposition-to-monk-seal-plan-voiced-at-meeting/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/09/18/opposition-to-monk-seal-plan-voiced-at-meeting/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:07:03 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1927 Media Watch, Maui News, 17 September 2011

A federal plan to help the survival of the endangered monk seal population ran into stiff opposition Thursday night, especially from Hana fishermen and Native Hawaiians concerned the proposed regulations would hamper their ability to fish.

“Fishing is not a sport in Hana,” said 16-year-old Malia Kahuhu. Continue reading: Opposition to monk seal plan voiced at meeting]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/09/18/opposition-to-monk-seal-plan-voiced-at-meeting/feed/ 0 Pups’ release confirmed http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/04/21/pups-release-confirmed/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/04/21/pups-release-confirmed/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:37:45 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1619

Pups' release. Courtesy: SAD-AFAG

Turkish NGO SAD-AFAG has confirmed that the release of two Mediterranean monk seal pups took place on 2 April 2011 along the remote coasts between Gazipaşa (Antalya) and Anamur (Mersin), one of twelve “Important Monk Seal Sites” recognised by the government of Turkey in Continue reading: Pups’ release confirmed]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/04/21/pups-release-confirmed/feed/ 0 Pups deemed ready for release http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/04/02/pups-deemed-ready-for-release/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/04/02/pups-deemed-ready-for-release/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:00:54 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1608

Photo Courtesy SAD-AFAG

Two orphaned Mediterranean monk seal pups, under rehab in the Turkish Aegean town of Foça for the last three and a half months, will be released on 2 April, NGO SAD-AFAG has announced [Monk seal pups to be released].

The pups were both discovered on Continue reading: Pups deemed ready for release]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/04/02/pups-deemed-ready-for-release/feed/ 0 ‘Nereus’ close to release http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/03/14/%e2%80%98nereus%e2%80%99-close-to-release/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/03/14/%e2%80%98nereus%e2%80%99-close-to-release/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:59:12 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1492 Monk seal pup ‘Nereus’, currently undergoing rehabilitation on Alonnisos, is responding well to treatment, and is likely to be released within days, reports MOm.

The 3-month old pup was found stranded on a remote beach on the Aegean island of Kythira on 7 February, and was visibly weak and undernourished when the decision came Continue reading: ‘Nereus’ close to release]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/03/14/%e2%80%98nereus%e2%80%99-close-to-release/feed/ 0