A young Male Grey seal was found on the side of Big Mill Pond road in Worcester County last night around 8pm. Worcester County deputies watched over the animal last night to insure its safety.
This morning members of the National Aquarium in Baltimore’s Marine Animal Rescue program recovered the animal, transported him to Assateague Island State Park and released him safely back into the Atlantic Ocean.
The area the seal was found is southeast of Pocomoke and is near the state line of Maryland and Virginia. The seal must have made his way from the ocean into the Chincoteague Bay and up the Swan Gut creek to where he got stuck after the water resided.
Jennifer Dittmar, a rescue team member, said the seal was a little thin but seemed to be healthy.
Photos Courtesy Of:
Lance Carroll
DNR Forestry Service
He's/ She's so cute but looks scared poor little thing. GREAT pictures who ever took them.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a great story. I haven't seen it anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteHey great work breaking this. I work at Assateague Island State Park and helped release him this afternoon. One small tidbit however: its a harp seal, not a grey :)
ReplyDeleteNow that is something you don't see everyday !It soooooo cute !!
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ReplyDeleteGlad he was doing good when they found him.so cute!!
ReplyDeleteSo it just stayed in the road until the morning? Poor seal.
ReplyDeleteOne of the living creature of God..
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