{"id":23512,"date":"2024-01-26T04:17:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=23512"},"modified":"2024-01-26T04:17:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:17:42","slug":"seal-pup-found-stranded-on-local-street-during-noreaster-is-on-the-mend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2024\/01\/seal-pup-found-stranded-on-local-street-during-noreaster-is-on-the-mend\/","title":{"rendered":"Seal Pup Found Stranded on Local Street During Nor’Easter is On the Mend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A seal pup rescued from a street in Point Pleasant Beach during a nor\u2019easter recovers at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Brigantine, N.J., Jan. 25, 2024. (Courtesy: MMSC)<\/p><\/div>\n

A small grey seal pup found confused and lethargic on a cold street in the middle of a storm is on her way back to better health \u2013 and in the not-too-distant future, the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

The seal had an indisputably rough day \u2013 even for a mammal with flippers. The Jan. 12 nor\u2019easter was so powerful that technicians from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine believe that the seal had likely breached the flooded bulkhead at Lake Louise in Point Pleasant Beach during the storm, and made her way to the middle of the road. She was found at about 10 p.m. by a jogger during a break in the storm, who called the police. Two officers from the Point Pleasant Beach police department stood by and made sure the pup was safe until a team from the stranding center made it to the scene during the height of the storm at 1:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

She weighed 27.4 pounds at intake, the MMSC said, and was still partially covered by her white birthing coat (lanugo), meaning she was likely just four weeks old at the time. At the center\u2019s intensive care unit, she was given supportive care via tube feeding \u2013 a mixture of formula and electrolyte solution for hydration.<\/p>\n

The unusual circumstances of the seal\u2019s stranding generated a great deal of interest in her progress, the center said, with officials sending out an update on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pup is starting to show signs of improvement in the hospital,\u201d a center representative said. \u201cShe is a little more active and alert than when she was first admitted, and is able to enjoy more supervised swim time throughout the day.\u201d<\/p>\n