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Release & Monitoring

Release & Monitoring

After sea otters have been rehabilitated, whether they were brought in because of oil or due to illness or injury, healthy sea otters get released back into the ocean where they can contribute to the growth of the population. What are the health criteria for release of rehabilitated sea otters? Where do otters get released? Here you will find information about how, where, and when sea otters get returned to the ocean after they have been rehabilitated.

When, where, and how sea otters are released after rehabilitation from oil, injury, or illness depends on what is safest for the sea otter.