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Monday, March 18, 2013

Seal Has Luck Of The Irish

A 6-week-old gray seal pup entangled in fishing netting and mesh washed ashore this weekend near the Indian River Inlet bridge.

Named Shamrock by volunteers with Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, the pup had trouble breathing because the netting was wrapped around his neck and had dug into his skin, said volunteer Rob Rector in a press release.

The net also had wrapped around a flipper and Shamrock could not use it to swim.

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4 comments:

ginn said...

I'd like to think Shamrock knew enough to come ashore for help.

Anonymous said...

people are starving and we are screwing around with a wild animal. dont get me wrong, i love animals more than people, but the government's job is FOR the people. not for the animals.

Anonymous said...

413-MERR is a 501c volunteer organization. Not a government entity.

Anonymous said...

Man----will ultimately destroy the earth---& all it's inhabitants ---because of Greed.