Recovering monk seal returns to Kauai
KPUA.net - KPUA Hawaii News -
Recovering monk seal returns to Kauai
By Associated Press
(Honolulu-AP) -- An endangered Hawaiian monk seal has returned to Kauai three weeks after having surgery to remove a large fish hook.
The Coast Guard flew the seal, known as T-T-40, from Oahu to the Garden Island this morning.
The seal made a bee line for the ocean after scientists opened the door of his cage that was placed on the sand at an area called Salt Ponds near Hanapepe.
The seal was found off Kauai on June fourth with fishing line trailing from its mouth.
A team of veterinarians from California flew to Hawaii to assist with a nearly six-hour operation to remove the five-inch hook from the seal's esophagus.
(Copyright 2004 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.) "
Recovering monk seal returns to Kauai
By Associated Press
(Honolulu-AP) -- An endangered Hawaiian monk seal has returned to Kauai three weeks after having surgery to remove a large fish hook.
The Coast Guard flew the seal, known as T-T-40, from Oahu to the Garden Island this morning.
The seal made a bee line for the ocean after scientists opened the door of his cage that was placed on the sand at an area called Salt Ponds near Hanapepe.
The seal was found off Kauai on June fourth with fishing line trailing from its mouth.
A team of veterinarians from California flew to Hawaii to assist with a nearly six-hour operation to remove the five-inch hook from the seal's esophagus.
(Copyright 2004 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.) "
posted by DP at 8:05 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home