THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING
Seal Number 44, aka Kelby, aka Squirt, was lifted toward a crate and a few weeks of traveler’s rest by Eddie Ramos of the Animal Protection League in Middleborough yesterday. The seal is thought to have swum some 25 miles upriver from his usual saltwater habitat.

Up a creek without a clue

Young seal finds himself far inland

By Kathleen Burge and Madison Park
Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent / March 30, 2005

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(Correction: Because of an editing error, a photo caption that accompanied a story in yesterday's City & Region section on a stranded seal misnamed the group affiliation of Eddie Ramos, who was holding the animal. He is with the Animal Rescue League.) (Full article: 722 words)

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