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Five seal pups may not have realized it, but Oct. 21 was to be their last morning in the Wolf Hollow rehabilitation pools. Skipper, Marble, Arctic, Nymph and West Coast Lady had gained enough weight and showed they could hunt and feed for themselves, and it was now time for them to begin their new lives in the wild.
Two threatened and endangered animals rescued by SeaWorld San Diego have been released back into the wild, animal officials said.
Five harbor seals died just a strait away from San Juan County at Fort Flagler State Park on Marrowstone Island located southeast of Port Townsend. The four adults and one pup tested positive for the Avian flu H5N1, and following an outbreak around Marowstone and nearby Rat Island killing 1,700 birds. While the news is concerning, occurring so close to San Juan County, San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network Coordinator Jessica Farrer urges caution and not panic.
The National Marine Fisheries Service has been monitoring a spike in whale strandings along the entire East Coast
The National Marine Fisheries Service has been monitoring a spike in whale strandings along the entire East Coast