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WOODBRIDGE — A township snow plow driver was startled to find a seal wandering along Sixth Avenue in the Port Reading section of the township early this morning. The adult harp seal was discovered about 5 a.m., and police and a township control officer were notified. Officials then reportedly dragged the animal into the Woodbridge River, according to Robert Schoelkopf, founding director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine.
Several attempts to put a net around the seal failed. Town employees workers eventually grabbed the animal with a mouthpiece normally used to capture dogs, Schoelkopf said.
Schoelkopf said he was told Woodbridge employees dragged the seal into the Woodbridge River, which could have badly injured animal and left it in an unfamiliar waterway, uncertain which way to go.
WOODBRIDGE — A township snow plow driver was startled to find a seal wandering along Sixth Avenue in the Port Reading section of the township early this morning. The adult harp seal was discovered about 5 a.m., and police and a township control officer were notified. Officials then reportedly dragged the animal into the Woodbridge River, according to Robert Schoelkopf, founding director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine.
Several attempts to put a net around the seal failed. Town employees workers eventually grabbed the animal with a mouthpiece normally used to capture dogs, Schoelkopf said.
Schoelkopf said he was told Woodbridge employees dragged the seal into the Woodbridge River, which could have badly injured animal and left it in an unfamiliar waterway, uncertain which way to go.