This design features one of MMSC's former patients relaxing poolside, fully-recovered and ready to return to the wild. Scroll down to read her story below!

MMSC is the only authorized rescue, rehabilitation, and release facility for marine mammals and the authorized first responders for sea turtle strandings & disentanglements in the State of New Jersey. The MMSC is a 501 (c) (3) private nonprofit organization. Our life-saving work is funded by private donations from the public, fundraisers, grants, and retail gift shop sales.

January 12, 2024 shortly before 10pm, a jogger discovered a seal pup lying on the sidewalk at Baltimore Avenue in Point Pleasant beach. The young female Grey seal had likely breached the flooded bulkhead at Lake Louise during the coastal storm, and soon made her way to the middle of the road. Two MMSC Stranding Staff members immediately responded from Brigantine as the Point Pleasant Beach Police Department kept the seal pup safe until they arrived. Traveling during the height of the storm, the team arrived back at the MMSC with the seal at 1:30am. The pup was moved into Pen C of the Intensive Care Unit, where she was given supportive care via tube feeding a mixture of formula and electrolyte solution for hydration. 

Update 3/25/24- After over two months of care in our hospital, she had recovered and was ready to return to the wild. Weighing a healthy 76.8lbs, she was tagged #66 on her right rear flipper. She was released back into the ocean at the North Brigantine Natural Area.