The Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute (MERR) had a busy holiday weekend with their volunteers responding to five separate seals in one day.
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The MERR Institute says a young grey seal that was rescued on Thursday was successfully transported to the National Marine Life Center on Cape Cod for rehabilitation. The seal was initially found with a number of parasites and mildly dehydrated.
A grey seal pup became the first patient of the season at a marine rescue center after being brought in for evaluation from Bethany Beach.
A grey seal pup that is too young to survive in the ocean without its mother has been rescued from Assateague Island National Seashore by the National Aquarium and is on its way to learning how to survive on its own.
Grey seal Louis Armstrong in rehab at the National Aquarium's Animal Care and Rescue Center, March 3, 2022. (Photo credit: Phillip Smith, Nati…