Ecomare
Ecomare is Texel National Park’s natural history museum. It includes a public aquarium and operates as a seal and bird sanctuary. Located on the Island of Texel, Netherlands, it was built in 1930 and had a seal animal shelter added in 1952. It is visited by over 265,000 people a year and is the largest center for nature information in the Wadden Sea.[1] Ecomare’s stated mission is to improve its visitors’ relationship with coastal and maritime environments, to increase awareness about the fragility of natural resources, and to encourage people to protect them.[2]
Saved Animals
In October 2020, an albino seal suffering from a lungworm infection was treated and released back to the wild three months later.[3]
In December 2020, the center saved a tropical sunfish that got lost on its way south and needed to recuperate from being in waters that were too cold for its health.[4]
In March 2023, an animal caretaker at the museum found a sea lamprey, a parasitic fish uncommon to the Netherlands. The museum said it would preserve the fish and give it away to a different museum.[5]
References
- ↑ "Bedrijf". www.greenkey.nl (in Nederlands). Archived from the original on 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ "De missie en doelstelling van Ecomare | Ecomare Texel". Ecomare (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ Sanou, Hanneke (2020-01-16). "Rare albino seal returned to the wild has good chance of survival". DutchNews.nl. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ Sanou, Hanneke (2020-12-24). "'Chilled to the bone' sunfish recuperating at Texel rescue centre". DutchNews.nl. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ "Sea lamprey found washed up on Texel beach | NL Times". nltimes.nl. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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