Photo Tour: A MASH Unit for Ailing Sea Mammals

SAUSALITO, California — The Marine Mammal Center — located on the site of a Cold War-era missile silo north of San Francisco, within sight of the Pacific Ocean at the end of a military road — has been doing cutting edge veterinary science since 1975. Then, the vets were working out of shipping containers and keeping animals in kiddie pools. Now, after treating thousands of animals, one of the nation’s premiere seal and sea lion hospitals has a new, $32 million facility purpose-built for saving lives. We visited the brand new center when it opened to the public this month. Click for a photo tour.