Fur seal rescued at Cabrillo Beach
A rare Guadalupe fur seal was rescued Sunday at the tidepools at Cabrillo Beach.
Read more about it from reporter Larry Altman on the Daily Breeze home page and also on the Pipeline blog.
The 15-pound pup was not with its mother and was taken to the marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro. They are now quite rare and generally are found on Guadalupe Island off Baja.
By the way, the second photo here has gotten a couple comments from readers who spotted it on our Pipeline blog. They were upset that we showed a young boy snapping a cell phone picture of the animal at close range. What do you think? Wilflife experts, of course, are always reminding spectators to stay clear of beached creatures and not to disturb them. Somehow this youngster slipped in to get pretty close.
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
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Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
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Here's the update:
Marine Mammal Care Center volunteer Phyllis Summers (also a dog park regular in the small world category) told me when I called today that the baby seal continues to do well. He's still being tube fed but on Friday was laying on his back in the pool grooming himself.
When the seal is strong enough to fend for himself, he will be released on the far side of Catalina Island, closer to where the Guadalupe fur seals are normally found.
Do you have any updates on the seal?