Seal rescued in Conn. waters to be set free in R.I.
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CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- A happy ending is in sight for a young seal rescued in Connecticut. The male harp seal was severely dehydrated and suffering from pneumonia when he was rescued in April from a beach in Niantic. Since his rescue, he underwent surgery to remove hundreds of rocks he had swallowed in the water. Now, staff at the Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration are preparing to release the seal back into the water. He'll be set free today at Blue Shutters Beach in Charlestown. The seal's post-release movements will be tracked with a satellite transmitter. -- The Associated Press 
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I am glad that the seal was rescued and there was a happy ending to this. But how is this news? And why are we performing surgery on seals? Isn't that what happens in nature? Wasn't that seal meant to die then? I am sure there will be plenty learned from being able to track the seal, but it seems completely absurd to me to randomly save one seal, when otherwise nature should have taken its course.
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wow Jennifer Sparks tough crowd huh?
maybe we should shut down all the vet places too for peoples cats & dogs, afterall "nature should take its course"
next up hospitals!
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Wow, Jennifer: what a negative disposition you have. "news" isn't only about elections, the latest murder, and global relations...it's also about human interest stories occuring in the community. I am also sure, that by saving and tracking the seal..many things will be learned...about the seal, the environment's effects on marine life (seals and others). Studies like these need to be done so we understand more about the planet, ALL living beings on this planet and how they ( and we) are affected. We need to learn somehow...seems natural to me we can learn by actually monitoring the seal. Jennifer, there's a world much bigger than your own little world you are living in...
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