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- A gentle manatee becomes stranded in a remote part of the Florida Everglades, forcing rescuers to abandon their boats and wade through alligator infested waters to save her. And, a mother and calf manatee pair is caught in an invisible web of fishing line causing a shocking injury that threatens both of their lives.
- Rescuers race to assist a pod of more than 20 pilot whales that have mysteriously stranded on a Florida beach. And, a baby dolphin is tangled in a mass of potentially deadly fishing line while its f rantic mother refuses to leave its side.
- An orphaned, newborn gray whale is stranded on a beach prompting one of the largest marine mammal rescues in history as rescuers become surrogate parents and overcome hurdle after hurdle.
- A manatee is trapped in a storm sewer and rescuers act quickly to reach the stranded animal before she starves or suffocates. And, rescuers negotiate the end to a slippery standoff as a wayward sea lion evades police.
- Rescuers become surrogate parents to three baby orphan manatees left to fend for themselves. A serious illness threatens one of the newborns and rescuers find a treatment to save him.
- Impaled with a gaff hook, a sea lion is badly wounded and resists rescuers' attempts to help him. And, as a sea turtle recovers from severe cold stress, rescuers discover he's a victim of a shocking number of violent injuries.
- An orphaned pilot whale finds a new home a great distance from where he first stranded.
- An oil spill off the coast of South Africa threatens half the world's African penguin species, and rescuers and volunteers come from all over in an extraordinary effort to save the species, making history as the largest penguin rescue operation ever completed.
- A young gray whale wanders into a shallow harbor entangled in hundreds of feet of fishing line, leaving rescuers with the dangerous task of cutting the whale loose. And, a dolphin becomes trapped in a freshwater inlet and rescuers race to get it back to saltwater before time runs out.
- A rare and endangered sea turtle winds up 5,000 miles from home after being swept up by an ocean current. And, two other sea turtles survive their own wild ride to the Pacific Northwest, landing a lucky ticket home from the U.S. Coast Guard.
- Rescuers attempt to save three dolphins on the brink of disaster - a fragile calf being strangled by razor-sharp fishing line; a displaced dolphin trapped in a freshwater lake 100 miles from the ocean; and a critically ill dolphin whose only chance of survival is a radical medical treatment normally used on humans.
- When a manatee becomes trapped deep in a storm sewer, rescuers save it in one of their most complex operations to date. And, a freezing manatee winds up in a precarious position when it camps out in the outflow of a coastal power plant.
- Rescuers discover the shocking cause behind Valentine the sea lion's injuries. Then two sick humpback whales, Delta and Dawn, take a wrong turn and swim a 90 miles inland.
- A rare Bryde's whale is rescued from a beach but its size and poor health become major challenges for rescuers. Then hundreds of dolphins strand in thick mud. Rescuers rush to save them before they die.
- Researchers and rescuers recount the epic story of C6 the dolphin. He was attacked by four bull sharks and nearly died. During his rehabilitation, researchers learn about the brotherly bond he shared with another dolphin, C7.
- After being stuck in a drainpipe next to Kennedy Space Center, it takes a little rocket to free Kilroy the manatee. And penguins traveling too far north into warm waters end up on tourist beaches in Brazil. It's time for a penguin rescue.
- Rescuers and researchers attempt to identify and rehabilitate a rare seal found injured on a beach in California. And a pelican caught in fishing line hangs upside down from a tree for 2 days before it's rescued.
- A flock of pelicans fly way off course and find themselves in the blazing desert and in big trouble. Then a humpback whale faces certain doom if a fishing net covering its head isn't removed in time.
- An orphaned baby sea otter grows into her new role as a surrogate mother to other rescued and orphaned sea otters. And an international effort gets underway to save little blue penguins from the most devastating oil spill in New Zealand's history.
- Iris, a stranded harbor seal pup, is found to have cataracts in both eyes and undergoes groundbreaking surgery to restore her sight. And rescuers race against time and a rising tide to free a humpback whale whose tail is anchored to the seabed.
- Sick and starving marine animals flood SeaWorld San Diego during one of the worst El Nino weather patterns in fifty years. Rescuers subsequently must solve the mystery behind a deadly illness as it spreads through the California sea lion population.
- When a bear destroys a beaver lodge, the only survivor is a baby beaver rescuers name Peanut. A SeaWorld expert becomes little Peanut's surrogate Mom and helps her adapt to a new life. Then two injured sea lions make headlines in San Francisco. One needs help escaping from Alcatraz Island, while the other dodges rescue attempts for weeks at Pier 39 and a harbor 90 miles South of San Francisco.
- A very rare Cuvier's Beaked Whale strands on a beach in Florida and SeaWorld Orlando's rescuers must figure out how to treat, feed and return it to the sea. In addition, a sea lion swallows a large hook. Rescuers perform a daring move to catch him and a life-saving operation to remove the hook.
- A deadly disease hits sea lions off the California Coast. SeaWorld San Diego's rescuers fight to save lives while researchers try to solve the mystery behind the poison that causes it. In addition, tiny rare harbor porpoises wash ashore ill and dying. The Vancouver Aquarium becomes the first facility to successfully come to their aid.
- Flamingos are threatened by a rampaging Jaguar during a critical period of hatching and breeding. Also: an attempt to save hundreds of abandoned flamingo hatchlings.