{"id":201903,"date":"2025-06-21T06:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/201903\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:55:12","slug":"navy-base-staff-members-shocked-to-find-wild-orphans-at-their-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/201903\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Base Staff Members Shocked To Find Wild Orphans At Their Door"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past April, staff members at Little Creek Navy Base in Norfolk, Virginia, noticed an unusual pair of visitors huddled outside one of the administration buildings.<\/p>\n

\"ottersCindy Lakin<\/p>\n

The furry guests were a pair of baby otter siblings, only about 5 to 6 weeks old. At first, staff members left the otters alone, hopeful that their mother might return for them. But when she didn\u2019t come after 24 hours, staff members contacted Evelyn’s Wildlife Refuge<\/a> for help.<\/p>\n

Rescuers immediately knew the babies were in danger.<\/p>\n

\"ottersCindy Lakin<\/p>\n

\u201cOtters at that age would never be out of their den,\u201d wildlife rehabber Cindy Lakin told The Dodo. \u201cIf they are out, something has happened, and they need rescue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rescue team safely grabbed the otter pups, whom they named Cedar and Willow, and moved them into Lakin\u2019s care. The pair joined a group of other orphaned otter pups \u2014 Poppy, Oakley, Cherry and Aspen.<\/p>\n

\"ottersCindy Lakin <\/p>\n

When the otters arrived, they were severely dehydrated and underweight. Lakin administered fluids and antibiotics to help them recover. Eventually, the otters began growing and eating well. Just recently, the otters advanced into the next stage of their lives, which involves eating fish and learning how to swim.<\/p>\n

\"ottersCindy Lakin<\/p>\n

When they\u2019re not busy mastering important otter skills, Cedar and Willow like to play with each other and their friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor otters, everything is fun and games,\u201d Lakin said. \u201cThey love their toys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rescuers plan to release all six otters this spring. Back where they belong, this new family can build a life of their own in the forests and streams they love best.<\/p>\n

To help other animals like these otters, you can make a donation to Evelyn’s Wildlife Refuge.<\/a>\u00a0\"Elderly<\/a>Elderly Pups Dropped At Shelter After Giving Their Family 12 Years Of Love”They don\u2019t understand why their world changed.”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This past April, staff members at Little Creek Navy Base in Norfolk, Virginia, noticed an unusual pair of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[1718,1716,728,26087,81492,81493,70,1715,1713,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-201903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animal-encounters","9":"tag-daily-dodo","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-maeve-dunigan","12":"tag-otter","13":"tag-otter-pup","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-standard","16":"tag-the-dodo","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114720048996205462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}