Olive, an oiled sea otter, was rescued Feb. 21, 2009, from Sunset State Beach in Monterey Bay. She was rehabilitated at Department of Fish and Game’s (DFG) Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center in Santa Cruz and released April 7.
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- Location:
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Birthday:
- March 1, 2008
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- Olive found alive and well! 5:08pm Sep 11|2 Comments
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By Dr. Dave Jessup, wildlife veterinarian with the California Department of Fish and Game Big Creek runs into the Pacific Ocean halfway north to south, down the Big Sur Coast...
Olive the sea otter has moved north near to lovely Capitola by the Sea and seems to be settling in. Two weeks ago and then again yesterday she was identified both by radio frequency and by her distinct light blue toe tags...
"Olive" the Oiled Otter Olive found alive and well!
As those who have been following the story of Olive the young female sea otters who got so badly tarred this last winter may remember, we had lost track of her after the telemetry receiver that was monitoring her temperature and location was stolen from Sunset State Beach about a month ago...
DFG is still trying to locate the stolen otter radio receiver that went missing in mid-August from a hill above Sunset State Beach in Santa Cruz. If you have information about the receiver (see attached photo), please call 1-888-DFG-CALTIP. No questions will be asked...
www.dfg.ca.gov
Contact: Dave Jessup, DFG Wildlife Veterinarian, (831) 469-1726Carol Singleton, DFG Communications Officer, (916) 327-9948
John Phillips I wish I was near you at all times, Olive
Deirdre Marianne Ryan When will there be a new Olive update?
