Artemis has sent her first SMS messages back to base, according to MOm researchers, indicating that the pup, released last Saturday, remains in the core zone of the National Marine Park of Alonissos, Northern Sporades. Stay tuned for further details…
Video of Artemis’ release at Piperi
Artemis’ release at Piperi, 11 May 2009
Artemis at Piperi (photo gallery)
Release of orphaned monk seal pup Artemis at Piperi, in the National Marine Park of Alonissos, Northern Sporades, Greece, 11 April 2009
Artemis Goes Wild
Under bright but overcast skies, Mediterranean monk seal pup ‘Artemis’ was released into the protected waters of the National Marine Park of Alonissos, Northern Sporades on 11 April. After a brief ceremony attended by local well wishers, visiting dignitaries and supporters of MOm — the NGO spearheading monk seal conservation in Greece — Artemis was placed in a transport cage and put aboard the research vessel IFAW-Odyssia, for the 2.5 hour journey to Piperi, an island in the core zone of the 2200 sq km Marine Park. The IFAW-Odyssia was escorted by the patrol boat of the Marine Park’s management authority.
Artemis Goes Wild (photo gallery 1)
11 April 2009: Following several months in rehab, release day has dawned for orphaned Mediterranean monk seal pup ‘Artemis’. She’s carried from the MOm rehab unit in Steni Vala, Alonnisos, to the organisation’s research vessel, for the 2.5 hour voyage into the core zone of the National Marine Park.
Monk seal pup Artemis
A photo gallery of Mediterranean monk seal pup Artemis, undergoing rehabilitation at the MOm rescue and treatment unit on Alonnisos, in the Northern Sporades Marine Park.
Photo gallery (courtesy MOm)