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February 26, 2008

Aquarium helps 3 distressed seals in R.I., Mass., Maine

MYSTIC, Conn. -- Mystic Aquarium is nursing three seals back to health after they were stranded in three different states within 24 hours.

The aquarium's stranding team was called to help distressed seals in Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

A male yearling harp seal was brought in after it beached itself Sunday in Little Compton.

On Sunday night, New England Aquarium in Boston called to say that a three- to four-week-old female gray seal spotted in Gloucester, Mass., had been brought in by a concerned citizen.

The next day, the Maine Division of Marine Resources called about a female harp seal that beached itself.

Experts at the aquarium say the prognosis is good and all three seals will likely be released back into the wild after they've been treated.

-- The Associated Press

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