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Carlos F. Yaipen-LLanos

Director of the Science & Animal Welfare Department · Organization for Research and Conservation of Aquatic Animals -ORCA Peru

https://researchid.co/orcarlos
@orca.org.pe
4Scopus Publications

Research Interests

Veterinary Sciences, Acoustics, Marine Mammal Medicine, Penguin Medicine, Sea turtle Medicine, rescue and rehabilitation research, education

Biography

His research interest is based in marine mammal sciences with focus in conservation, ecology, pathology and clinical veterinary medicine, rehabilitation protocols for animal care, and field research on morphoanatomy, biology, ethology and applied conservation medicine of free ranging marine mammals, sea-turtles and penguins. Important steps that Dr. Yaipen-Llanos has taken along his career include the report of the first case of cancer in South American sea-lions, achieving to develop a fully operational Stranding Network for rescue and medical attention of marine mammals in Peru, and reporting to the world the largest unusual mortality event of dolphins ever recorded. He works with 28 marine mammal species, 5 species of sea-turtles and 2 species of penguins; assisting over 1500 live specimens and overviewed over 7000 forensic cases under current long-term research programs. He is also involved in sustainable development strategies specifically for public awareness and education.

Education

Graduated from the first generation of the Veterinary Science School of Alas Peruanas University of Peru, he received specialized training as a marine mammalogist at Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida U.S:A. and at The Marine Mammal Center, in Sausalito, Carlifornia, U.S.A. He is Founder President and Director of Science & Animal Welfare of the Organization for Research and Conservation of Aquatic Animals - ORCA- in Peru. Currently leads the only authorized organization for rescue and release of marine mammals in the wild after rehabilitation. He is a member of the Society for Marine Mammalogy...

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. The Pinniped Entanglement Group: Standardizing global data for effective solutions to pinniped entanglement
    Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2026
  2. An Investigation into How Marine Mammal Distribution Is Being Affected by Climate Change, with a Focus on Out of Habitat Marine Mammals, Based on Expert Opinion
    Diversity, 2026
  3. Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) in the Galapagos Islands and the Eastern Tropical Pacific Amid Ocean Environmental Changes: Towards a Habitat Suitability Index
    Aquatic Mammals, 2022
  4. Histopathological aspects and etiology of pneumonias in stranded marine mammals from Lima, Peru
    Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 2011

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