Each year, the rehabilitation animals are named within a theme. The theme for this year is International Landmarks. This pup was given the name Machu Picchu. This name was chosen by Chuck and Shirley Coulson, who made a generous donation to our rehabilitation program this year. Thank you for your donation!

Machu Picchu has started eating fish! He has been weaned off his fish formula and is now consuming herring about 5 times a day! He is also spending nice days in an outdoor enclosure called a condo.

A lot has happened over the last week or so! Machu Picchu had a blood draw to ensure that he is completely healthy, was flipper tagged in preparation for his release, and moved to a larger pool with Machu Picchu, where staff plan to have Everest and Tigris join them soon! His flipper tag is in his Left rear flipper because he is a male, and is #ASLC 131. 

Today staff and interns from the Alaska SeaLife Center's Wildlife Response Team released Machu Picchu into the beautiful water of Northwestern Glacier. He hopped right out of the kennel and swam off with only a short look back at the boat. A huge Thank You goes out to Major Marine Tours who generously donated the transportation for the seal out to the glacier, Thank you!! Good luck in the wild Machu Picchu!