Infrastructure

The SRRC is built and kitted out like a hospital. This makes it possible for us to carry out our work rehabilitating the seals in the best possible way. A quarantine area is a necessity, because we work with sick, weak, and therefore very vulnerable, animals from different habitats. Without the quarantine, diseases would spread from animal to animal. The centre has twelve separate quarantine chambers. All the quarantine chambers have their own air and water purification systems. The six large pools also have their own separate water purifying system. Blood samples are taken from every seal that comes in. They are examined in the SRRC"s laboratory with special equipment. Sometimes the blood is sent to external laboratories for additional examination. Seals can be X-rayed in the SRRC if necessary, and vets at the SRRC have other equipment such as echo-scanners at their disposal.

Apart from that, the SRRC has a separate autopsy room, where seals, porpoises and dolphins that have been found dead along the coast are examined by SRRC vets. They are often assisted by specialists who help to determine the cause of death. The outcome of these investigations are vital for the SRRC"s continuing pursuit in improving the seals" treatment.