Cinder, a northern sea otter, was found Aug. 18 near Homer, Alaska, KTLA reported. She was underweight and dehydrated. While her condition had stabilized, she was deemed unreleasable by federal wildlife officials, KGTV reported.
Meet Cinder — a five-week-old northern sea otter pup who was rescued and cared for at @AlaskaSeaLife before being deemed non-releasable. Cinder is now receiving excellent round-the-clock care by the team at SeaWorld San Diego 💙 pic.twitter.com/ZBwgIYeThI
— SeaWorld (@SeaWorld) September 13, 2019
She was taken to SeaWorld San Diego Sept. 7 and given constant care.
Cinder is in an otter nursery where she is given a special milk formula every three hours. Animal trainers are working to teach her how to swim and groom herself.
At some point, she will be introduced to the four other female sea otters at the park. Mocha, Coco, Clover and Pumpkin were also orphaned and rescued when they were pups. They range from 5 to 9 years in age.
"The pup is doing well so far," Bill Hoffman, SeaWorld's curator of mammals, told City News Service. "We've seen a lot of positives. We've seen some growth, we've seen an increase in weight and appetite and she seems to be getting used to her new surroundings very well."
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