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Article: Marine mammal center may leave Brigantine.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- August 12, 2007
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Byline: Jacqueline L. Urgo
Aug. 12--BRIGANTINE, N.J. -- The only organization in New Jersey authorized by the state to rescue distressed marine mammals may close in three years if local officials decide there is a more valuable use for the waterfront property it leases from the city.
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, home to scientists who help wrong-way whales in the Delaware River and newborn seals that crawl onto highways, established a venerable marine veterinary-care center 22 years ago on land leased from the city for $1 a year.
The stranding center's property, running along a back-bay tributary known as the Bonita Tideway, is now worth ...