Marine Mammal Center 1542aa

Close up of the Marine Mammal Center. When I first visited the center many years ago, it was a small and very informal operation housed mostly in trailers. At that time you could walk among the cages of animals that had been rescured. It's now a much larger and established organization, and you can no longer walk among the cages. While the intimacy of that earlier and more informal experience created a strong empathy for the plight of the animals, this more formal environment is actually better for the animals' health and recovery. ( www.marinemammalcenter.org )