ABSTRACT
Marine mammals are regularly moved between zoological parks, and transport of stranded, debilitated, wild marine mammals occurs during the work of rescue and rehabilitation. With careful attention to health, physiology, and welfare, and the use of technology appropriate to the type of animal, specialized transport techniques and equipment have been developed to provide for the special needs of marine mammals, allowing safe, successful transportation. The specialized requirements have been developed over years of experience; live marine mammal transport has been documented as far back as the sixteenth century.
