{"id":1821,"date":"2011-07-26T10:07:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T10:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2011-07-26T10:07:56","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T10:07:56","slug":"monk-seal-%e2%80%98desertinha%e2%80%99-on-display-in-madeira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/26\/monk-seal-%e2%80%98desertinha%e2%80%99-on-display-in-madeira\/","title":{"rendered":"Monk Seal \u2018Desertinha\u2019 on display in Madeira"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>\u2014 by Rosa Pires, Parque Natural da Madeira Service<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1819\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1819\" title=\"2011-06_01_Desertinha\" src=\"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/2011-06_01_Desertinha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/2011-06_01_Desertinha.jpg 200w, https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/2011-06_01_Desertinha-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Desertinha\u2019 at the Museum of Natural History. Photo: Rosa Pires<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following her death in late 2008, Madeira&#8217;s most popular monk seal, &#8220;Desertinha&#8221;, will be put on public display as a taxidermic model. The work, by a Portuguese taxidermist and sponsored by Deutsche Bank, was first presented to the public on 17 June at the Museum of Natural History in the Botanical Gardens, Funchal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Desertinha\u2019 gained local fame in 2006 after sustaining a serious injury to the lower limbs, her plight creating a huge wave of sympathy from Madeirans. This resulted in the most prominent conservation campaign ever made in the region [see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monachus-guardian.org\/mguard18\/1815mednew.htm#Madeira\" target=\"_blank\">Seal finds stardom<\/a>, TMG 9(2): 2006].<\/p>\n<p>Desertinha was first identified in 1993 and was monitored by the staff of the Parque Natural da Madeira Service over 16 years. After being found ill in Madeira in 2008, she was transferred to the Rehabilitation Unit on the Desertas Islands, where she died due to cardiac arrest, on 1 December [see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monachus-guardian.org\/mguard23\/2323infocu.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Our monk seal ambassador, \u2018Desertinha\u2019 dies in Madeira<\/a>, TMG 12(1): 2009].<\/p>\n<p>Following display at the Museum of Natural History, the Desertinha exhibit was presented at the Expo Madeira from 8 to 17 July. The work will be put on permanent display at the Whale Museum of Madeira, which will be inaugurated in September this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 by Rosa Pires, Parque Natural da Madeira Service Following her death in late 2008, Madeira&#8217;s most popular monk seal, &#8220;Desertinha&#8221;, will be put on public display as a taxidermic model. 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