Tuesday, February 16, 2021
After 42 days of rehabilitation at the National Aquarium’s Animal Care and Rescue Center in Baltimore, Eloise the grey seal pup was ready to return to her ocean home.
According to a National Aquarium press release dated April 8, Eloise bid farewell to the center and was released into the ocean at Assateague State Park April 7.
Nicknamed Eloise in keeping with the rescue center’s naming theme of famous storybook characters, the seal was rescued from Cape Henlopen State Park by the Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute. She arrived Feb. 14 at the National Aquarium’s Animal Care and Rescue Center malnourished and with a few lacerations on her neck.
National Aquarium releases seal to her natural habitat
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MERR-rescued grey seal pup rehabilitating at National Aquarium
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