Rescued seal found on New Jersey road sick during blizard returns to ocean after rehab

HARVEY CEDARS, N.J. — A juvenile grey seal found stranded on a roadway after a blizzard has returned to the ocean this week following recovery from illness and malnutrition, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center announced.

The seal, identified as patient #26-011, was discovered in the middle of Long Beach Boulevard the morning after a winter storm and later admitted for treatment of a respiratory infection and poor body condition, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

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