Officers snare slippery seal

Police in Southampton received a call Sunday from a person who saw a seal in a parking lot.

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April 4, 2022 - 2:17 PM

Photo by Tambako The Jaguar.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A wayward seal has been captured after an early morning foray through a New York town.

Police in Southampton received a call 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 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 taken to the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation for evaluation.

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