Thank you for your interest in the Marine Animal Rescue Society (MARS). We are a federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of marine animals through, rescue, rehabilitation, research, and education. MARS was founded in 1996 and holds a Letter of Agreement from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to rescue, rehabilitate, and release marine mammals stranded in South Florida.
If you see a marine mammal in distress please call 1-888-404-FWCC
Events at a Glance:                 Click on "Event Info" tab for complete information on all events and to sign up.     Latest Marine Animal News: Miami-Dade Coastal Cleanup 2008 is set for September 20, 2008. Next Basic Rescue & Rehabilitation Training scheduled for September 13, 2008. Federal Court Rejects Bush Sonar Waiver Judge Reaffirms Order that Navy Must Reduce Harm to Whales from Intense Sound Blasts Anti-whaling activist, from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, are still at it. Pictopia.com, a premier photo commerce provider to the world's top media companies, has selected a photo of Donna Clements, of the Marine Animal Rescue Society, as a "staff pick of 2006", from the Miami Sun-Sentinel newspaper, taken by pohotographer Joe Amon. See Donna's photo as Pictopia Dolphin fitted with new tail video SHARKWATER: Documentary movie & lectures at the International Fishing Hall of Fame Archive of Marine Mammal News MARS would like to send a special thanks to our manatee lovin' friends at Landry & Kling Meetings at Sea for their gracious donation to help in the continuing efforts of rescuing and protecting Florida's gentle giant, the manatee. This website was graciously created by MARS volunteers Pablo Ceron and Juanita Aguilar)