Baby Fur Seal Found in Bushes at California Business Park

Baby Fur Seal Found in Bushes at California Business Park
An emaciated baby northern fur seal that was found in some bushes at a business park in Hayward, Calif., on Jan. 20, 2016. (Marine Mammal Center via AP)
The Associated Press
1/20/2016
Updated:
1/20/2016

HAYWARD, Calif.—An emaciated baby northern fur seal is recovering after it was found in some bushes at a San Francisco Bay Area business park, his second escape attempt in just a few months.

Hayward police said on the department’s Facebook page that the dehydrated and malnourished seal was found after someone called about the pup around 6 a.m. Wednesday.

Police say the seal—somehow—got out of the water, crossed busy Interstate 880 and found its way to the bushes.

An emaciated baby northern fur seal that was found in some bushes at a business park, receives a fish mash meal via a tube inserted into his stomach at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif., on Jan. 20. (Marine Mammal Center via AP)
An emaciated baby northern fur seal that was found in some bushes at a business park, receives a fish mash meal via a tube inserted into his stomach at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif., on Jan. 20. (Marine Mammal Center via AP)