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Georgie, a blind seal that was stranded and rescued in Maine, recently gave birth to a pup at the Brookfield Zoo.

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Georgie, a blind seal that was stranded and rescued in Maine, recently gave birth to a pup at the Brookfield Zoo.

Georgie, a blind seal that was stranded and rescued in Maine, recently gave birth to a pup at the Brookfield Zoo.

Georgie, a blind seal that was stranded and rescued in Maine, recently gave birth to a pup at the Brookfield Zoo.

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BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A grey seal found stranded and blind more than a decade ago on an island in Maine has given birth at a Chicago-area zoo and is now "a very attentive mother" to her newborn, zoo officials said Friday.

Georgie was found stranded on an island in Georgetown, Maine, near the Atlantic Ocean in 2013.

"Georgie," a grey seal found stranded and blind on a Maine island over a decade ago, has given birth at the Brookfield Zoo in suburban Chicago.

After Georgie was found stranded on an island in Georgetown in 2013, it was determined she was blind in her left eye and functionally blind in her right eye.