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Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center
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A healthy future for wildlife, people, and planet.

Student Checking the endotracheal tube cuff on an anesthetized adult female California sea lion during an admission examination
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Marine Mammal Rescue and Rehabilitation Along the California Coastline

September 01, 2026
This spring, I traveled to Laguna Beach, California, for a veterinary student externship at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Working alongside amazing veterinarians, animal care staff, researchers, and volunteers, I had an excellent opportunity to learn about marine mammal medicine...
A whale calf’s entangled flipper and how tightly wrapped the line is.
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What the Ocean Brings Us

November 08, 2023
For my last summer before clinical rotations, I wanted to gain experience with marine animals. I was accepted as an intern with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Marine Mammal Rescue & Research (MMRR) program in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a unique geographical area where tides and coastlines can suddenly trap a dolphin or whale in inches of water....