FEATURES OF REMOTE SEDATION OF THE NORTHERN FUR SEAL IN NATURAL HABITAT

One of the global environmental problems facing man is pollution oceans by industrial and household garbage. Several hundred seals sea lions injured foreign objects are registered annually in reproductive rookeries. Without timely release, these animals doomed to perish. In this regard, purpose work was test technique freeing marine mammals from anthropogenic origin using methods remote sedation animals. The problem implementing measures for release associated, among other things, with lack proven dosages sedatives course study, it revealed that order carry out sedation, following factors must be taken into account: weather conditions, distance water, presence between object terrain features, danger animals, place shot, dose. choice an animal carried depending on period (harem / post-harem), age, psychological state, body weight physical condition. working a natural habitat, algorithm Bushnell HOLO sight daninject 2528 mod jm injector developed tested (barrel diameter 11 mm, pressure applicator chamber 5 Bar (500 kPa), size syringe-dart CMC 2-3 ml, needle length 4 cm), scheme combined anesthesia help zoletil 100 (telazol) medin (medetomedin) 1% has also been successfully tested.