When a police officer in Cape Elizabeth (USA) received a call from a worker in the middle of the night that a animal lay on the road, did not hide his irritation. That was the third time in one day!
However, it was necessary to get there quickly, since there was snow and temperatures were below zero, as well as the fact that the animal could create accidents.
Here’s how things unfolded.
First call: discovery
As soon as the police officers arrived at the scene, it turned out that the creature had been sighted it wasn’t a dog, as they thought before. It was but one seal.
She looked quite serene, but obviously the road is not the best habitat for her, as for any other animal. Thus, one of the policemen managed to release her in the nearby waters.
Call number 2: the return of the seal
At 7am the police received a call from a concerned resident. A seal lay in the street. It turned out that it was the same animal from before he had come back and it was lying almost in the same place where it was found from. The seal was then transported back to the ocean…
There is no 2 without 3!
An hour later, someone spotted the seal again gliding wildly across the fields and heading for the road. It was the third time!
This time the pinniped was not returned to the ocean, but to a marine mammal treatment center in Maine.
Why was the seal walking around on the street?
It is not known what he has attracted the attention of the seal: the smell of a local bakery or the fact that she was lonely and looking for company?
When he was examined at the centre, the employees thought that the little boy had recently lost his mother…
It’s hard to suspect that lying down on the other side of the road could be called a suicide attempt, but the animal definitely needed help.
He will stay in the center for some time because he is malnourished and will be able to play with the other seals that live there.
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