TV news reports cover release of a harp seal stabilized at MARC

WPRI (East Providence, R.I.) and WFSB (Rocky Hill, Conn.) covered the Aug. 10, 2011 release of a male harp seal named Poseidon that had been found May 29th on the beach in Phippsburg, Maine, lethargic and having seizure-like activity. The seal had been stabilized at UNE's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center before being transferred to the Mystic Aquarium, which released the seal in Charlestown.

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