Sea Rescue

A pelican is found in Long Beach California with a horrific injury, but a dedicated rescue team is determined to give "Pink" a second chance at life. Then, a turtle has swallowed two hooks, and it's up to a SeaWorld medical team to save him.

When rescuers recover a sea otter stranded on Vancouver Island, Canada, they discover he's blind and has an injury to his flipper, but they also find "Walter" the sea otter has the will to adapt and survive. Then a couple in Florida discovers a sea turtle floating in the water, so they call in the experts and the remarkable survival story of Archie the hawksbill turtle begins.

A manatee is suffering from "cold-stress" in the St John's River in Jacksonville, Florida so the SeaWorld rescue team and its partner, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, respond. Then, 911 callers report a sea lion stranded on a beach in San Diego and the SeaWorld Rescue team is in for a surprise when they learn what happened to Valentine the sea lion.

Two pilot whales are stranded by the Kennedy Space Center and the shuttle is about to blast off; a triangular mat designed by the U.S. Navy is used to save a dolphin; a floating dock becomes a makeshift operating table for a sick manatee; and a pelican brings traffic to a standstill on the Golden Gate Bridge. These are some of the unlikeliest sea rescues you will ever see.

A humpback whale is tangled in fishing gear off Hawaii and a rescue team races to untangle it before it dies. Then a seal survives a shark attack but will require round the clock medical care to survive.

This special episode of Sea Rescue looks back at some of the most extraordinary journeys undertaken by sea animals. Chessie the wandering manatee; Koa and Beaky, two sea turtles that end up far from their native waters; and a flight of pelicans that lands in the scorching Arizona desert.

The survivors of two separate mass pilot whale strandings are introduced to each other. Then a baby harbor seal washes ashore all alone on Long Island, NY and a rescue team rushes to help.

A humpback whale is so badly tangled up in fishing gear that he is hogtied , so a specialist team races to try and save him. Then a dolphin is tangled in fishing gear but rescuing this elusive animal proves to be a huge challenge.

A tiny, orphaned manatee is rescued from a creek in Georgia and after years of rehabilitation at SeaWorld, this little girl grows up to become an amazing mom, grandmother and surrogate mother. It's the heartwarming journey of Georgia the manatee.

A manatee floats at an odd angle after being hit by a boat so the SeaWorld team steps in to help him. Then, after a rarely seen Bryde's whale strands on a Florida beach, rescuers make history as they try to get "Brydie" well again and back out to sea.

A sick Rissos's Dolphin washes ashore in Delaware, and it's a race against time to get him the help he needs. Then rescuers have their hands full as they try to help a sea lion in need that's stranded out on some rocks.

In this special episode, we meet four rescued animals that also happen to be great mothers. A manatee with a newborn and a pregnant manatee that are tangled up in fishing equipment; Strut the sea lion whose strong maternal instincts help young pups recover; and the heartwarming story of Abby the orphan sea otter who grows to be a surrogate Mom.

A young dolphin wanders far inland from the Gulf and into a bayou where the fresh water could affect his health. Then the pioneering and inspiring tale of Briar the sea turtle who needs cataract surgery to restore his vision.

When a shark floats listlessly in the shallow water of a marina, the SeaWorld Rescue team steps in to help and a pleasant surprise awaits them. Then, when sheriff's deputies respond a call of a body in the waters off the Florida coast, they discover this is not the emergency they were expecting.

Packing straps floating in the water are ending up around the necks of sea lions, but fortunately help is at hand. Then, a coastal bird called the Light Footed Clapper Rail faces a number of threats in the wild, so innovative rescuers find a way to preserve their numbers.

A sea lion has fishing line wrapped tightly around her neck, so the SeaWorld Rescue team races to help her. Then, when they hatch, Leatherback turtles are supposed to scramble down the beach to start life in the sea, but one tiny hatchling is stuck in its nest and there's something wrong with its shell.

When SeaWorld rescues a newborn harbor seal it's so cold they wrap it in blankets to keep it alive. Then a sea turtle is rescued from a nuclear power plant in New Jersey and is flown thousands of miles to its new home.

Leatherback sea turtles are huge, endangered and rarely come ashore, so when one turns up sick in Florida it's all hands on deck to save her. Then two fur seals strand in California and the SeaWorld team races to the rescue.

A gray whale is tangled up in commercial fishing gear near the U.S. border with Canada but disappears into the fog as a rescue team tries to free it. Then, a remarkable effort to help Florida sandhill cranes. These tall, conspicuous birds whose habitat has been heavily influenced by development face a wide range of threats and challenges.

In this special episode of Sea Rescue, four different natural events leave marine animals in need of help.

When a rarely seen false killer whale strands on a beach in Canada, a team from the Vancouver Aquarium races to the rescue. Then, the extraordinary story of Caton, the reluctant loggerhead sea turtle, who is rescued but when the team tries to return her, she keeps coming back.