The Harbor seal pup was abandoned by its mother on the shore before the Seacoast Science Center’s Marine Mammal Rescue Team recovered the newborn to ensure its survival, per a Seacoastonline report.

Haulena said that VAMMR usually gets between 80 and 120 rescue seal pups a year. “July is kind of a peak for us, going into August. Harbor seal pupping season is a very narrow period of time, and they ...