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Abandoned seal pup rescued near Bowen Island
The week-old female seal, named Canadian Bacon, is now with the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society and may return to the wild in months.
- On Tuesday, the Vancouver Police Department and the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society rescued a distressed newborn harbour seal pup from the shoreline of Bowen Island.
- VAMMR requested urgent assistance at 5 p.m. after a visitor spotted the lone pup at Seymour Bay, near Cowan Point, prompting the joint rescue operation.
- VPD Marine Unit officers deployed the vessel Larry Young to transport veterinary technicians to the beach, arriving at 6:50 p.m. to safely secure the female pup.
- Named "Canadian Bacon," the week-old pup is now under VAMMR medical care, with the team expressing cautious optimism for her return to the wild in a few months.
- Authorities remind the public that mothers often leave pups on shore to rest, advising observers to stay back and keep dogs on a leash during peak pupping season.
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Abandoned newborn seal pup rescued on shoreline of Metro Vancouver island
VANCOUVER - Police and a team of veterinary technicians in Vancouver have successfully rescued an abandoned newborn seal pup found on the shoreline of Bowen Island.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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