Gray Seal News Today

The plastic from a case of bottled water was around the pup’s neck, rescuers said.

The Marine Mammal Protection Act was enacted 50 years ago last month. It has largely been successful. After years of hunting, harbor and gray seals are today abundant on the

A gray seal named Shoebert in the United States has become a local attraction in the Beverly city of Massachusetts after getting lost and wandering into a pond in the local area and turning itself to the local police early on Friday morning.

"Over the past week you brought a lot of joy and happiness to our city. Feel free to come back and visit anytime!" Beverly police said.

Locals have named him Shoebert.

Hunters can kill 55 gray seals or 1 percent of the population as of 2021 this hunting season, set to kick off on April 15. Unlike in previous years, gray seals can also be hunted on bodies of water that fall outside hunting districts.

A gray seal pup needed some safeguarding after it was found all alone at Misquamicut State Beach in Rhode Island.

Sharks favorite shark which are seals. our harvest seal and gray seal population has exploded. if you were here 20 years ago you rarely see a gray seal. i look out every day and see a gray seal. you increase their population and of course you increase their number one predator, the white shark. >> i got to tell you. i saw "jaws" when i was a kid and i hear more sharks. that doesnt make me feel calm. why should i not be nervous by the idea that theres more sharks out there. >> whats interesting i...

Coastline, among the first in the nation to install these call boxes and bleeding kansas city. their goal is to -- kits. their goal is to get people help fast. >> this could mean the difference between life and death. >> reporter: a biologist studies shark behavior. the reason the sharks are coming close to the shore, he says, is food. >> got this classic predator/prey relationship with the sharks and the seals, and the seals are close to shore. the sharks are moving close to shore to eat the se...

Around november and almost as soon as the females given birth shes able to mace again. so 2 weeks later the 1st bulls are back trying to get at her again. as cute and harmless as the seals may look theyre not necessarily cuddly. feel the gray seal is germanys biggest predator and it can move a 20 kilometers per hour so its not a good idea to get too close to them even if nothings happened so far the possibility is always there i cant read their minds. but you can count still animals. monitoring ...