N.Y. Police Save Baby Harbor Seal Caught in Traffic
April 5, 2022
Southampton Town police officers rescued a baby harbor seal that may have come ashore from the nearby Peconic River and wriggled its way into a traffic circle.
By David Matthews
Source New York Daily News
A loose seal needed saving after it got stuck in some gridlock on Long Island.
The Southampton Town Police Department said Sunday afternoon a baby harbor seal had wriggled its way into a traffic circle. After an early morning 9-1-1 call, officers got to the scene and got the seal into the hands of the Riverhead Foundation, a marine rescue center at the Long Island Aquarium.
The slippery sea creature was found in the parking lot of a beverage store and tried to flee to a hotel parking lot.
It’s unclear how the seal got into this predicament, but it may have swum ashore from the nearby Peconic River.
It will be evaluated and reside at the aquarium until it’s able to be released back into the wild.
