News - Two New Additions

11/22/11

We wanted to give you a quick catch up on our two new arrivals! Abby and Sonoma have now been at Ocean Connections for six weeks and have successfully integrated into their environment and new pinniped family. Our trainers have been consistently working towards establishing routines and developing strong relationships with our new stars. Both sea lions have responded beautifully and are cooperatively working on training goals which include learning new behaviors and voluntary medical care. They both had a visit from their veterinarian this past week and received a clean bill of health along with their pool mates. Both girls appear to be enjoying their new pinniped pals. On a daily basis Sonoma can be found romping and playing hard with Diego, a 7 years old male. Abby enjoys her days with the other “mature” sea lions by swimming and sunbathing. Regardless of the weather, both of these girls have discovered the spoiling our indoor holding pens offers and can be found nightly snuggled up between Slick and Diego under heat lamps! With winter closing in quickly, we are all anxiously engaged in progressing animal training for our 2012 season.

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