A young seal that has been receiving medical treatment after being found dehydrated and with a bellyful of sand this summer was returned to the wild Tuesday.
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. -- A young seal that has been receiving medical treatment after being found dehydrated and with a bellyful of sand this summer was returned to the wild Tuesday.
Cindy Davis, of the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Program of Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration, in Mystic, Connecticut, rescued the animal.
At the aquarium, the seal developed brain swelling and pneumonia. Its condition slowly improved with antibiotics and assisted feedings, and it gained 23 pounds (10.35 kilograms), Davis told The Providence Journal.
"She's much more alert, aggressive and feisty," Davis told the paper.
Hooded seals typically live in the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean and come to waters off Rhode Island and Connecticut in winter.
Source: Associated Press
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