The Pacific walrus calf was believed to be about a month old.
A 200-pound walrus calf found alone and miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope was bottle fed and received round-the-clock "cuddling" from animal welfare workers. Credit: Alaska SeaLife Center via Storyfulwho received cuddles as part of his care"While often rewarding, wildlife rescue is inherently unpredictable and comes with it the possibility of great loss.
, the nonprofit research facility and public aquarium that was caring for him, said in a statement online.taken in by the center on Aug. 1 after being found by oil field workers a day earlier, was struggling with a number of health issues, such as nutrient malabsorption. In the day before his death, he faced other complications, such as hypoglycemia and gastrointestinal problems, the center said.
"Though our animal care teams worked tirelessly to provide round-the-clock critical care treatments, never leaving his side, the calf ultimately succumbed to his condition," the center said. A necropsy is planned.A 200-pound walrus calf found alone and miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope was bottle fed and received round-the-clock"cuddling" from animal welfare workers, but the calf did not survive.
The brown, wrinkly-skinned baby was believed to be about one-month old. The center last week said that in an effort to mimic the near-constant care a calf would get from its mom, the walrus was receiving "round the clock ‘cuddling’" to keep him calm and to aid in his development. The center described the cuddling as trained staff giving the walrus "the option to have a warm body to lean up against, which he has been taking advantage of almost constantly.
The calf was found about 4 miles inland from the Beaufort Sea, in Alaska’s extreme north. A "walrus trail," or track, was seen on the tundra near a road where the walrus was found. But it was unclear how, exactly, he got there, the center has said.
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