Shortly after arriving here at the Long Beach Thousand Trails, we decided to check out the trail to the beach. I hooked up the leash to Sami, and off we went. This park is at the beginning of the Long Beach Peninsula, and is situated about 200 yards from the beach. As soon as we got to the beach, we noticed something moving near the waves. When we walked over to see what it was, we discovered this baby harbor seal that had crawled out of the surf. It looked distressed to us, but not ever experiencing anything like this before, we really didn't know. As soon as Sami realized the little critter was alive and moving, she of course started barking, & wanted to get closer. I decided to remove Sam, and headed back to the motor home to call Fish & Game, or some agency that might be able to help this little guy. I made 2 phone calls. One to the local Fire Dept. and the 2nd to WA Fish & Game. They both said this was a common occurrence, and that if the infant seal didn't appear injured, to leave it alone. Apparently, the mother's will park the baby's on the shore, and leave them for up to 24 hours, while they go fishing, or do whatever seals do in the ocean. I was told by Fish & Game, that if the seal was still there in the morning, to call them back. Both of us being animal lovers, it was very hard to leave this defenseless little guy on the beach, but we did. Hopefully, when we check out the beach today, he will be gone.
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