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Thelma The Sea Otter Wins Zoo Mother Of The Year

Saturday, May 09, 2015

 

Last May, Thelma the sea otter was selected to be an adoptive mom to a 5-month old otter pup named Juno.  

Juno was discovered abandoned on a beach in California last January. After hearing about the abandoned otter pup the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sea Otter Research and Conservation program arranged for her rescue. The only downside was that they had no adult otters available to raise her. Based on Juno’s age she couldn’t be released back into the wild, so the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services made the decision to transfer her to the Oregon Zoo.

This is where Thelma and Juno met for the first time.

“She didn’t react much until Juno came over and touched her rear flipper,” said Nicassio-Hiskey, a Senior Keeper at the Oregon Zoo. “At that point, Thelma bear-hugged her and started sniffing her all over. She held Juno tightly and swam her around the pool and under the water. We shifted them to a different pool later, and Juno tried to nurse on Thelma, which was a great sign that they were bonding.”

Because of Thelma’s willingness to take in Juno as one of her own the Oregon Zoo named her the 2015 Zoo Mother of the Year. 

“I am really proud of this staff,” said curator Amy Cutting, who oversees the zoo’s North America and marine life sections. “They believed they could accommodate another otter and give this youngster a home. With no room for her in the rehabilitation program, she did not have much of a future if they had not stepped up. Of course, it is difficult to watch Thelma and her partner, Eddie, grow older, but Juno is the beginning of the next generation of otters at the Oregon Zoo. I’m just so glad that our two older otters will get some time with her.”

 

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