UNE's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center featured in Down East

The University of New England's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center (MARC) is the part of the focus of a September 2012 Down East Magazine story titled "Rescue Me: Animal Rehabilitators Band Together to Care for the Largest Seal Population on the East Coast."

The story examines the close cooperation that has developed during the last several years of tough economic times among organizations and agencies involved in rescuing and rehabilitating sick and injured seals in Maine and New England. MARC, which has a mission of rehabilitation and research, works closely with state and federal agencies and with Marine Mammals of Maine, a recently formed organization that provides response and assistance for stranded marine animals. Both are engaged cooperatively in education about marine mammals and the environment.

The story includes photos of MARC's operations and interviews with Keith Matassa, marine animal rehabilitation coordinator, and Asheley Simpson, animal care and laboratory technician.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.