The Marine Mammal Center:
"Rodeo Beach Animal Release" "Dec 6" 2011.
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California sea lion Cranberry Sauce puts his best flipper forward!
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"I think this is my better side!"
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Cranberry Sauce looking demure!
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Sea Lion Cranberry Sauce strikes a pose.
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One final swim in the pool at the Center...
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"This is my best flipper I think!"
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Volunteers Stacey(R) and Danielle (L) wait for sea lion Cranberry Sauce to stop playing!
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Who's looking at who?
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Time to go home... but first you must get in the crate!
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Herding boards protect carers and guide patients.
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Crate Assessment.
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Finally, Teahupoo is ready to go home!
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Big news day!
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Stranding Manager Shelbi Stoudt talks to the media.
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Long-term volunteer Stacey Bezyack, gives an interview with the press.
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Volunteers Lucinda Thames, Cathy Barich, Jim Richter carry the first animal to the beach.
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Volunteers Susie Thompkins (right), Stacy Bezyack (Center) and Carol Gamble (left) take another healthy patient to the beach.
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Leopico is a bit wary at first.
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Leopico is the first to go...
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Sea lion Leopico heads home...
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...but he needs a little encouragement in the right direction!
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Finally he's off...
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...Leopico smells the sea and he sprints for the water's edge!
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Film crews capture Leopico's sprint for the sea.
The Marine Mammal Center:
Film crews capture Leopico's sprint for the sea.
The Marine Mammal Center:
Film crews capture Leopico's sprint for the sea.
The Marine Mammal Center:
Film crews capture Leopico's sprint for the sea.
The Marine Mammal Center:
Leopico was rescued, rehabilitated and return to his ocean home by The Marine Mammal Center.
The Marine Mammal Center:
Leopico was rescued, rehabilitated and return to his ocean home by The Marine Mammal Center.
