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LONG BEACH : Wildlife Agency Asks Public to Leave Baby Seals Alone

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Beach-goers may see unattended baby seals on local beaches for the next three months, during harbor seal pupping season in California.

No one should touch or remove a baby seal from the beach, said Hilda Diaz-Soltero, director of the National Marine Fisheries Service.

“A harbor seal pup cannot feed or care for itself,” Diaz-Soltero said, “and it probably will not survive if separated from its mother.”

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NMFS wildlife biologist Joe Cordaro recommended that anyone finding a baby seal on the beach should observe it from a distance, preferably out of sight of the mother seal, who will likely be somewhere close by.

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