The seal goes home!

First off, sorry I've been mia from this blog for the end of summer. I've been spending less time at Paws, and more time working with domestic animals of various sizes and filling out applications for vet schools. But there will be more updates.

BUT - the harbor seal that we've had for a long time, has finally been released back to the wild! You can read it about it in the Seattle times or on Kiro


Here is the fatty seal still in his pool at Paws, getting ready to go home :).

Releasing animals

Probably one of the best parts of working at Paws Wildlife is getting to release animals back to the wild. Last week I released 2 crows and 6 ducks. Our naturalist considers a plethora of factors and chooses them a perfect release site, then we take them out and set them free. The crows had been antsy the whole drive down to their park, and as usual with birds when I opened the box they immediately flew out and were gone.
Then I drove the 6 ducks down to their park, which had a nice big pond in it. I set the crate about 10 feet from the pond and opened up the door... And noone left. So I rattled the crate a little, tilted it up, still no movement. I then just stepped back and waite, and first one guy walked out tentatively, then the other 5 all followed a little more bravely. The 6 made of a bee-line to the pond, and jumped right in.

Here is a picture I snapped of them just after they got into the water in their new home: