Students, faculty and volunteers from the University of New England Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center released four harp seals at Granite Point Beach in Biddeford on Monday. The seals, two adults and two juveniles, were taken in by the center after being found stranded – three in Maine and one in Massachusetts. The seals, some dehydrated and malnourished, were treated for about a month.
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Curious people from up and down the beach gather to watch the seals head for the water. Washington, one of two juveniles released, turned out to be a crowd pleaser. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Penobscot, one of the adults, pauses before taking the plunge. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
The release crew gets ready to set the seals free. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
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