Struggling seal pup receiving treatment after rescue off Vancouver Island

By Canadian Press
The roughly seven-month-old pup was floating sideways and unable to dive when it was rescued

VANCOUVER – A dehydrated, severely underweight northern fur seal pup is being treated at a rescue centre in Vancouver after being scooped from the waters off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre says in a release that the roughly seven-month-old pup was floating sideways and unable to dive when it was spotted Monday by employees of a salmon farm near Johnstone Strait.…

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January 30, 2019

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