Seal pup flies to rehab.

• Author: Pilkington, Steve
• Position: Alaska Central Express Air Cargo - Brief Article

ACE Air Cargo recently flew an injured seal pup 800 miles from Dutch Harbor to Anchorage for treatment at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.

Dutch Harbor residents found the four- to five-week-old pup on a beach and watched her all day to keep local dogs and predators away. Reid Brewer, a Dutch Harbor-based University of Alaska Fairbanks Marine Animal Program biologist, examined the pup and feared she wouldn't survive the night.

He called ACE, and ACE team members Greg Hawthorne and Lia Porras helped him load the pup into a portable dog kennel for shipment to Anchorage. An Alaska SeaLife Center technician met ACE Flight 65 in Anchorage to pick up the pup, assess her condition and start hydrating her immediately. The examination showed that the...