Animal care team members from Shedd Aquarium in Chicago recently collaborated with the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward to help rehabilitate a stranded three-month-old sea otter pup.

Six weeks ago, a community member called ASLC’s Stranded Marine Mammal Hotline after noticing a lone seal pup unusually far from the water in Homer. After hours of waiting for the pup’s mother to return, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service authorized ASLC to admit the orphaned pup to its facility for rehabilitative care.

Because otter pups require 24/7 care, Shedd caretakers took turns traveling from Chicago to Seward to assist in the pup’s rehabilitation efforts. From midnight until 8 a.m., they would feed the pup formula and small chunks of fish, groom his fur and dry him off after he spent time in the water

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