Sdlaana was released after 86 days in our care.
You can see the list of all animals released at this release in the release record.
Sdlaana
Patient Record
Species: Harbour Seal
Patient ID: PV2602
Admitted on: 2026/05/19
Collection Site: Haida Gwaii
Reason for Admission:
Weight at Admission: 7.7 kg
Patient Status: released
Time in Care: 86 days (2 months, 3 weeks, 4 days)
Transfer History
Received from: (Direct to MMR)
Mode of Transport: Pacific Coastal Airlines
Release
Story
Meet Sdlaana, our first harbour seal pup of the 2026 season!He was admitted severely underweight and dehydrated, and our team is focused on stabilizing him and supporting his recovery step by step.
Name
Named Sdlaana, which means "survivor" in the Haida language.
Symbolic Adoption
We rescue, rehabilitate and release more than 100 animals like Sdlaana every year. You can support our mission and help us save lives by symbolically adopting Sdlaana today with a small donation to the rescue centre.
Patient Updates
Sdlaana is continuing to make great progress, growing stronger and brighter every day! He has now moved out of the hospital and into a rehabilitation tub, where he loves to swim!
Sdlaana is doing great and is about to start weaning onto a diet of herring, herring, and more herring!
Sdlaana is eating fish all on his own and in his new pool!
Getting bigger every day!
Sdlaana has been moved to a pre-release pool and learning how to compete for fish with his pool mates!
Sdlaana is doing great and getting closer to release each day!
Sending lots of love and heartfelt good wishes to Sdlaana for a very speedy and long lasting recovery! Looking forward to learning that she’s been successfully rehabilitated and returned to the ocean to take up her wild and free life once again!