VAMMR Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre Patient Directory

Trigger

Patient Record

Species: Harbour Seal

Patient ID: PV2611

Admitted on: 2026/06/25

Collection Site: Tsawwassen Beach

Reason for Admission: Emaciated, Wounds

Weight at Admission: 6.4 kg

Patient Status: released

Time in Care: 80 days (2 months, 2 weeks, 5 days)

Transfer History

Received from: (Direct to MMR)

Mode of Transport: MMR Ambulance

Release

Release Date: 2026/09/13

Release Site: Brunswick Beach

Release Weight: 25.7 kg

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Patient Updates

Trigger was released after 80 days in our care.

You can see the list of all animals released at this release in the release record.

Trigger is doing well and is now in a training pool with Puck and Tula!

Trigger has graduated to a pre-release pool now!

Guestbook for Trigger

  1. Well, it was certainly no ordinary day for me! After an emotional visit to the ICU unit to visit my brother and a spontaneous drop in car repair ( which most likely saved my life), I decided to take my little Chihuahua on a walk to unwind. We took a rocky path that I don’t usually go down due to a knee injury, but I was being led and I instinctively followed. At the end of the path my little companion decided its time to go on the beach and there he was, this extremely cute, baby harbour seal, struggling on the rocky shore. He looked up at us with ‘help me’ in his eyes. He hissed when I first approached and when I stood back, I could see how young and weak he was. A group of friends where I live helped me contact Marine Mammal Rescue. I made a quick trip home to get my phone so I could send pictures of him to the rescue and impressively within minutes a lovely lady showed up. I learned a lot about harbour seals from her that day and I also felt good in my heart that I did something very worthwhile!
    Trigger , it was meant to be that I find you and I wish you a full recovery and a successful release into the world where you were born.

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