Sad news from Beach Drive: Seal death

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This photo (from a respectful distance) was taken by Larry Wallach, who e-mailed WSB on Thursday afternoon asking who to call to report a dead seal on the beach outside his Beach Drive home. (Larry made some calls and was finally referred to this number – save it for future reference – 206/526-6733.) Larry also writes:

We called the seal we frequently see swimming for the past few years behind our house Cyril. Not sure if this is the same one, but if so, R.I.P. Cyril. Our kids (3 and 2) will be especially sad.

Rhonda Porter December 14, 2007 (9:58 am)

That is sad. I just saw a seal (seemed to be a larger one) swimming by Emma Schmitz View Point.

GenHillOne December 14, 2007 (12:57 pm)

JumboJim December 14, 2007 (1:54 pm)

It would be interesting to know if Fish & Wildlife does a post-mortem. I suppose they don’t do that for every dead mammal that washes ashore, unless there are reasons to suspect a widespread problem. Still, it would be useful to know if its starvation, pollution, disease, clubs or whatever. Perhaps its a case for a mammal researcher