Tesore feeds them “lacha” and oily fish which provides the best nutrition for their recovery, while the baby sea lions are bottle fed with a special formulated milk to make them strong enough to be released back into the ocean. Tesore communicates with the animals by iterating loud noises they recognize, he eats his meals with them, and is visibly more at ease with the animals than with humans! Uruguay does not have an entity in place to support injured or sick marine animals and Tesore has taken it upon himself to do this work despite receiving no sustenance from the authorities. Every election, different political parties use his mission as an emblem for environmental political campaigns and his NGO is promised financial help that he never ends up receiving. His organization has been able to subsist thanks to the generous contributions from animal lovers and the surrounding community that cares about the animals’ fates. There are rumors that local authorities pressured by private interests, are demanding that he leave and disband the shelter in Punta Colorada. Tesore is now faced with the dire predicament of having to close down or move his operation.

Where can Tesore and the many injured sea lions, endangered turtles, and lost penguins go?