Sea Rescue Season 3, Episode 21: 911 Pup Emergency

1

Body in the Water

Police in Florida respond to reports of someone in dire need of help floating in the water and are surprised to discover it’s a turtle and he needs help. Then a baby dolphin is tangled in fishing gear in Texas, and his mother won’t leave his side!

30 min

2

Big Fish, Small Pond

A great white shark becomes trapped in a lagoon off Cape Cod, MA and it’s a race against time to save her! Then, a manatee is hit by a boat and a SeaWorld team responds, but first they must find her!

30 min

3

Trapped and Helpless

Three manatees are trapped in a pond used to control mosquitoes in Florida, and rescue teams must brave snakes and alligators to save them! Then a sea turtle is found tangled up in a crab pot line off the Coast of South Carolina and is in urgent need of help!

30 min

4

Hook, Line, and Sinker

A young dolphin is tangled up in fishing gear near San Diego, CA and a SeaWorld team races to rescue it! Then a sea lion has fishing line wrapped tightly around his neck in Monterey Bay, CA and a specialized rescue team is brought in to help!

30 min

5

Heroic Journeys

An abandoned baby manatee is discovered at Blue Spring State Park, and it takes a monumental team effort to rescue and rehabilitate this precious orphan. Then two gulls are tied together with fishing line, and it’s going to take a heroic crawl across a treacherous mud flat to save them!

30 min

6

Perilous Predicaments

Kids at summer camp call for help after a loggerhead turtle is struck by a boat and needs help fast. Then a sea lion has a potentially deadly loop of plastic wrapped around his neck and rescuers go to extraordinary lengths to save this big guy!

30 min

7

Trouble in Paradise

An olive ridley sea turtle strands in Monterey Bay, CA, and a rock band becomes part of the extraordinary effort to return this wayward reptile to warmer waters. Then a ship hits a bridge in the San Francisco Bay, spilling thousands of gallons of oil that threatens miles of environmentally sensitive coastline!

30 min

8

Tangled Up in the Blue

A humpback whale is tangled up in fishing gear off the coast of Maui, and it’s up to a specialized rescue team to perform a daring operation to save him. Then, a manatee is hit by a boat propeller, leaving behind scars that resemble the laces of a football.

30 min

9

Hard Shells, Warm Hearts

What starts as an annual event turns into an unprecedented crisis as hundreds of endangered sea turtles strand up and down the New England coast. Rescuers come up with an extraordinary plan to get them back to warmer waters.

30 min

10

Locked and Found

A dolphin is tangled in fishing gear and needs help. Rescuers have their work cut out for them, because the dolphin learns to swim through a lock that is used by boats. And then, when a harbor porpoise strands in a marsh near Brunswick, Maine, a simple pool toy becomes a lifesaver!

30 min

11

Pirates and Pendants

Rescuers race to help an entangled Humpback Whale off Maui on Christmas day and are stunned to find it’s dragging a ship’s anchor behind it. Then, a rescued California sea lion pup has an eye injury and veterinarians must operate.

30 min

12

Otterly Adorable

When a family walking on a beach in California spots a ball of matted fur in the sand, little do they know it’s the start of the incredible and inspiring story of Olive the Sea Otter. Then, when three harbor seal pups are abandoned, the biggest challenge facing the SeaWorld team is getting them to eat.

30 min

13

Code Red

When dozens of manatees start falling victim to a natural toxin in the waters off Florida, the race is on to save as many of these endangered animals as possible. And then, a rarely seen Risso’s dolphin strands off the New York Coast and rescuers discover she has a life-threatening infection!

30 min

14

50 Great Years

This special episode of Sea Rescue commemorates SeaWorld’s 50 year anniversary and looks back on some of most inspiring sea rescues, including the amazing tale of JJ the whale and the heartwarming saga of Little Joe the manatee.

30 min

15

An Orphan Reunited

An orphaned killer whale calf turns up in the busy waters off Seattle and she’s in grave danger of being hit by a boat. Rescuers are there to help and so begins an extraordinary and historic international effort to reunite Springer, the killer whale, with her family.

30 min

16

Dolphin Ahoy

When a family on a boat trip in Florida discovers a newborn dolphin, his prospects don’t look great. But with the round-the-clock care from the SeaWorld team Turner the dolphin ends up fulfilling a vital role in the U.S. Navy.

30 min

17

Unfriendly Skies

When a rarely seen pygmy sperm whale washes up in bad shape on the New Jersey coast, rescuers are shocked to discover how much ocean trash this unfortunate animal has swallowed. Then, after a monsoon blows pelicans off course, they start landing in the scorching Arizona desert with one crashing into a crowded swimming pool.

30 min

18

Hazards of Nature

Two harbor seals come into SeaWorld San Diego with terrible injuries and the team must work hard to nurse Sharky and Roxy back to health. Then, a little known phenomenon called natural seepage affects hundreds of seabirds and other marine life but fortunately, help is at hand.

30 min

19

A Sight to Behold

The SeaWorld Rescue team has its hands full when feisty sea lion they name Kyle arrives with a serious eye injury. Then, when a harbor porpoise beaches in Canada, rescuers quickly learn he’s in desperate shape and it’s going to take 24/7 care to get little Levi back to health.

30 min

20

Twist of Fate

Volunteers on a routine turtle patrol discover a rare leatherback hatchling stuck at the bottom of a nest with a life-threatening fold in its shell. Then, a gray seal is tangled up in a fishing net on a remote beach on Long Island, N.Y., but a rescue team is there to help.

30 min

21

911 Pup Emergency

Hundreds of sea lion pups turn up starving and malnourished up and down the coast of Southern California, including one who wanders right into a crowded hotel lobby. SeaWorld and other rescue teams mount an extraordinary response to save these little pups and nurse them back to health.

30 min

22

Elementary My Dear Seymour

Rescuers respond to bottlenose dolphin that is tangled up in fishing line in Florida, causing a life-threatening injury. This animal’s predicament captures the hearts of 3rd and 4th grade students a thousand miles away and now they’re rooting for Seymour the dolphin every step of the way.

30 min

23

Hazardous Migrations

A rescue team faces the challenge of cutting away fishing gear from a baby humpback whale with its protective mother is right there by its side. Then an epic rescue effort is underway when a manatee called Chessie wanders so far north the cold winter temperatures put his life in grave danger.

30 min

24

A Tight Spot

After saving a sick sea lion from a rocky beach in San Diego, the SeaWorld rescue team finds her strong maternal instincts provide comfort to younger sea lions in its care. Then, a dehydrated and malnourished dolphin strands on a beach near the U.S.-Mexico border and the SeaWorld rescue team springs into action to help.

30 min

25

A Helping Hand

Two California sea lions have fishing line wrapped around their necks until the Sea World rescue team steps in to help. Then rescuers help a stranded, sunburned dolphin in Florida and must provide months of round-the-clock care to get him better.

30 min

26

A Second Chance

A sick sea turtle with shark bites is pulled from the Gulf of Mexico by cleanup teams responding to the BP Deep Water Horizon oil spill. Then when a family discovers an ill bottlenose dolphin, a dedicated rehab team works to give a second chance at life.

30 min