PinnedSuddenly Dying: How Does Our Response to Marine Mammal Deaths Leave Us Less Human?Two weeks ago, an orca named Skyla died at Loro Parque in Canary Islands, Spain. The cause of death was found to be an intestinal torsion, which caused an acute sepsis (infection of the bloodstream) and sudden death. I can’t comment on Skyla’s case, because I wasn’t involved. …Marine Mammals3 min readMarine Mammals3 min read
Jul 6, 2020Honoring Disease in the Midst of a PandemicI once got bitten on the hand by a sea lion that I was working to heal. It was a lightning-fast chomp that sent a searing heat across my hand. I quickly removed my gloves and spent dozens of minutes flushing it with soap, water and iodine. I was lucky…Zoonoses3 min readZoonoses3 min read
