Overview
- The Marine Mammal Center’s Morro Bay team reunited a stranded pup after about two hours of searching near the Embarcadero.
- Rescuers recorded the pup’s cries and played them on a Bluetooth speaker, then noted an adult persistently following the boat as the likely mother.
- Staff placed the pup, nicknamed Caterpillar, into the water, where the adult retrieved it to complete the reunion.
- The team observed the pair for about an hour afterward to ensure proper bonding.
- The Center called it the first Morro Bay reunification since 2019, citing the threatened population near 3,000 and the option of Monterey Bay Aquarium surrogacy when a mother cannot be found.