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Cetacean and Pinniped Transport Best Practices
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2022
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Description:NMFS and the Marine Mammal Stranding Network (Stranding Network) have developed protocols and procedures for transportation of live marine mammals to rehabilitation facilities or other locations while ensuring the health, welfare, and safety of both the human responders and animals. These protocols balance the need for standardized procedures while allowing flexibility to address specific needs of different situations for diverse species and habitats, as well as unforeseen circumstances. For more information on general stranded marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, the reader should consult references such as Marine Mammals Ashore (Geraci et al. 2005) and the CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine (Gulland et al. 2018). Human and animal safety is the top priority for NMFS and the Stranding Network, and it is pertinent to prepare, if possible, a detailed transportation plan. Each event is unique and requires the consideration of multiple aspects, which are addressed below. These Cetacean and Pinniped Transportation Best Practices highlight general procedures specific to cetacean and pinniped transportation requirements and handling of various scenarios. These Best Practices do not specifically address mass strandings, although some aspects in these Best Practices may be applicable in a mass stranding event. For more specific details on mass strandings, refer to the Mass Stranding Best Practices. Additionally, these Best Practices are designed to be paired with more specific regional guidelines to address significant issues that may exist including species-specific issues that are more appropriate to address at regional or state levels.
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