Happy Seals, Happy Ashlynn...

As you can see, even when the volunteers feed the seals, they use the wooden boards to keep their distance from these social mammals. In other pools, the seals are tube fed and learn to get in and out of shallow water. In this section, the seals eat fish, but might need their throats massaged to get them to swallow.

Eventually the seals graduate to a deep pool where volunteers throw whole fish in the water. It was fascinating seeing the different stages of rehabilation.

While we all enjoyed the visit, Ashlynn was especially happy.