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This week’s guest is the coordinator of the Marine Response Unit at Melbourne Zoo, Mark Keenan. We chat about what the Marine Response Unit does, how we all need to be better to help save animals from avoidable injury and harm, plus Mark’s very interesting career path that got him where he is today. Excitingly this episode mentions not only marine life but also butterflies, elephants and orangutans.
Mark Keenan, Marine Response Unit Coordinator.
Some penguins sadly were unable to be saved.(Supplied)
Phillip Island Nature Parks took five underweight penguin chicks into their care and are continuing to look after them.
Phillip Island Nature Parks Research Technical Officer, Paula Wasiak, said that, while it was distressing to see fledgling chicks in distress, this is a normal occurrence at this time of year. The weekend was the perfect storm of the great breeding season producing more chicks out at sea than normal, and wild weather, Ms Wasiak said.
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Fortunately some of the Little Penguins survived and are being nursed back to health.(Supplied)