RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A wayward seal has been captured after an early morning foray through a Long Island, New York, town.
Police in Southampton said they received a call at approximately 6:30 a.m. Sunday from a person who saw the roving mammal, later identified as a phocid, or earless seal, in the parking lot of a beverage store about 500 feet (150 meters) from the Peconic River in Riverhead.
When officers arrived, the seal fled southwest toward a motel but eventually was corralled and taken into custody.
The seal was handed over to the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation for evaluation, according to police.
The Associated Press
