Here's what to do if you find a seal on a Washington beach
Jun. 18—Harbor seals are the most commonly seen marine animal in Puget Sound, but keeping your distance is the best way to protect them, according to the Slater Museum of Natural History and the University of Puget Sound.
Seals typically stay in the water but will come onto shore usually during low tides to rest or give birth. While seeing a seal on the beach can be exciting, it is not only unsafe to touch them, but against federal law.
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The simple answer of what to do when you see a seal on the beach: stay away and call for help.
"Seal moms park their pups on the beach. They leave them there while she's foraging. Don't touch it. Don't go near it. Call us. That's what we're trained to do," Victoria Souze, principal investigator at Marine Mammal Stranding Network, a volunteer sea creature rescue agency said in earlier reporting by The Bellingham Herald.
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