Seal pups and Seal Sitters are making headlines in all the print media, as well as NBC, ABC, FOX News, and Evening Magazine. To find out more about what the media is saying, please click on the “media coverage” links below.
Members of the media, please email our media representative, Brenda Peterson.
STRANDED SEA LION RESCUED FROM SEATTLE BEACH
(April 19, 2010)
Seal Sitters responded to reports of a stranded sea lion on Golden Gardens beach in Ballard. The injured and underweight California sea lion was removed from the beach by NOAA and WDFW. The sea lion died overnight and necropsy revealed a broken sternum and internal bleeding. All related stories and news videos here.
HSUS OFFERS REWARD FOR SEA LION SHOOTINGS IN SEATTLE
(February 12, 2010)
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a $2500 reward for information regarding the shooting of sea lions in the Seattle area.
Please visit Seal Sitters' blog for reward information as well as updates and all news links on this breaking news story and three sea lions that were found shot to death on West Seattle beaches.
SEAL SITTER FOUNDER BRENDA PETERSON NEW BOOK RELEASE
Seal Sitters founder and renowned author Brenda Peterson is the cover story of City Arts magazine (Feb 2010), where she discusses her newest book I Want to be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth. Two chapters in the memoir are about seals and seal sitting. The book has received national acclaim and has been named to the Indie list of best books of 2010. Brenda will be reading from her book at a number of area bookstores in February before leaving on a book tour.
SEAL SITTER SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR TONI FROHOFF IN THE NEWS
Seal Sitters founding member and scientific advisor, Dr. Toni Frohoff of TerraMar Research, has been receiving much media attention in the past few months. She was a featured story in the December issue of Santa Barbara magazine where she discusses her newest project, POD (Protect Our Dolphins), based in Santa Barbara. Toni received worldwide exposure in a New York Times magazine article about watching gray whales in the birthing lagoons of Baja, Mexico. The list grows to include Discovery Channel and Muse magazines, as well as a feature in a Greek magazine and NPR radio interview about the whales.
SEAL SITTERS FEATURED IN AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
(Fall, 2009)
The Puget Sound chapter of ACS featured an article on Seal Sitters in the fall issue of their newsletter. Read the article.
SEAL SITTERS FEATURED IN SEATTLE TIMES
(July 26, 2009)
The Seattle Times features a "Local News" cover story article on Seal Sitters. Read the story by environmental reporter Lynda Mapes.
TEEN SEAL SITTERS FEATURED IN SCHOLASTIC ACTION MAGAZINE
(February 23, 2009)
Seal Sitters Max and Nikki are featured in the February issue of the national educational publication Scholastic Action which is distributed to schools across the U.S. Read the magazine article here (pages 17-19). The article also features photos by Seal Sitters' photographer, Robin Lindsey.
SUPERSCIENCE MAGAZINE FEATURES YOUNG SEAL SITTERS
(February 2, 2009)
The current issue of SuperScience, a magazine distributed to over 550,000 schools in the U.S,, contains an article about Anasophia and A'ine, two young people who are dedicating hours to seal sitting. Read the magazine article here.
NATIONAL MAGAZINE FEATURES ARTICLE ON SEAL SITTERS
(August 2008)
Wildlife Conservation Magazine, a national publication by the Wildlife Conservation Society, featured a Brenda Peterson article about Seal Sitters with photos by Robin Lindsey. “Seal Sitting: On Beach Patrol in Seattle” appeared in the September/October 2008 issue and was the lead story on the magazine’s website. Read the article here.
SEAL PUP REHAB AND RELEASE
(March 2008)
This little seal pup was “on death’s door” when found by a Seal Sitter volunteer, rescued from a West Seattle beach by PAWS and taken to their facility for rehab. Weighing a mere 28 pounds at the time and suffering from parasitic infestation, he was a respectable 70-pound ball of blubber when released back into Puget Sound two months later. Here “Lucky” looks back to thank PAWS staffers and the SS volunteer before swimming off with a second chance at life.
ORION MAGAZINE FEATURES PETERSON ARTICLE “SAVING SEALS”
(January 2008)
Orion Magazine, one of the premier periodicals on nature, culture and the environment, featured an article by Seal Sitter Brenda Peterson, “Saving Seals: Our duties in this world and beyond” in the January/February issue. “Two friends keep watch over a baby seal hauled up on a beach. Both are compelled by a love of this world, though one is seduced by thoughts of the next.” ~ Orion
Click here to read the article in its entirety.
SEAL SITTERS ON EVENING NEWS Brenda Peterson, founding member of Seal Sitters and internationally renowned novelist and nature writer, is interviewed on Alki Beach by Seattle television station KING 5 (NBC). She discusses the educational work that Seal Sitters performs and the importance of protecting harbor seal pups in an urban environment. See media links below.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (newspaper)
Seal sitting by the Salish Sea
Group takes turn watching over Alki seal pups
KING 5 News (NBC)
Seal sitters protect baby seals on busy beaches
Slide show
Seals need sitters too (video)
Injured seal turns up at Alki Beach
Injured Alki beach seal recovering from his wound
Witnesses report seal killing at Alki Beach
KOMO 4 News (ABC)
Conservation group blames tribal fishermen for dead seal pups at Alki (click on “watch the story” video)
Baby seal jumbles plan for mass baptism
WEST SEATTLE HERALD (newspaper)
Two seal pups nap at Alki
Seal caught in net, then released, thought dead
Seal pup death called ‘unfortunate accident’
Members of the media, please email our media representative, Brenda Peterson.
STRANDED SEA LION RESCUED FROM SEATTLE BEACH
(April 19, 2010)
Seal Sitters responded to reports of a stranded sea lion on Golden Gardens beach in Ballard. The injured and underweight California sea lion was removed from the beach by NOAA and WDFW. The sea lion died overnight and necropsy revealed a broken sternum and internal bleeding. All related stories and news videos here.
HSUS OFFERS REWARD FOR SEA LION SHOOTINGS IN SEATTLE
(February 12, 2010)
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a $2500 reward for information regarding the shooting of sea lions in the Seattle area.
Please visit Seal Sitters' blog for reward information as well as updates and all news links on this breaking news story and three sea lions that were found shot to death on West Seattle beaches.
SEAL SITTER FOUNDER BRENDA PETERSON NEW BOOK RELEASE
Seal Sitters founder and renowned author Brenda Peterson is the cover story of City Arts magazine (Feb 2010), where she discusses her newest book I Want to be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth. Two chapters in the memoir are about seals and seal sitting. The book has received national acclaim and has been named to the Indie list of best books of 2010. Brenda will be reading from her book at a number of area bookstores in February before leaving on a book tour.
SEAL SITTER SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR TONI FROHOFF IN THE NEWS
Seal Sitters founding member and scientific advisor, Dr. Toni Frohoff of TerraMar Research, has been receiving much media attention in the past few months. She was a featured story in the December issue of Santa Barbara magazine where she discusses her newest project, POD (Protect Our Dolphins), based in Santa Barbara. Toni received worldwide exposure in a New York Times magazine article about watching gray whales in the birthing lagoons of Baja, Mexico. The list grows to include Discovery Channel and Muse magazines, as well as a feature in a Greek magazine and NPR radio interview about the whales.
SEAL SITTERS FEATURED IN AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
(Fall, 2009)
The Puget Sound chapter of ACS featured an article on Seal Sitters in the fall issue of their newsletter. Read the article.
SEAL SITTERS FEATURED IN SEATTLE TIMES
(July 26, 2009)
The Seattle Times features a "Local News" cover story article on Seal Sitters. Read the story by environmental reporter Lynda Mapes.
TEEN SEAL SITTERS FEATURED IN SCHOLASTIC ACTION MAGAZINE
(February 23, 2009)
Seal Sitters Max and Nikki are featured in the February issue of the national educational publication Scholastic Action which is distributed to schools across the U.S. Read the magazine article here (pages 17-19). The article also features photos by Seal Sitters' photographer, Robin Lindsey.
SUPERSCIENCE MAGAZINE FEATURES YOUNG SEAL SITTERS
(February 2, 2009)
The current issue of SuperScience, a magazine distributed to over 550,000 schools in the U.S,, contains an article about Anasophia and A'ine, two young people who are dedicating hours to seal sitting. Read the magazine article here.
NATIONAL MAGAZINE FEATURES ARTICLE ON SEAL SITTERS
(August 2008)
Wildlife Conservation Magazine, a national publication by the Wildlife Conservation Society, featured a Brenda Peterson article about Seal Sitters with photos by Robin Lindsey. “Seal Sitting: On Beach Patrol in Seattle” appeared in the September/October 2008 issue and was the lead story on the magazine’s website. Read the article here.
(March 2008)
This little seal pup was “on death’s door” when found by a Seal Sitter volunteer, rescued from a West Seattle beach by PAWS and taken to their facility for rehab. Weighing a mere 28 pounds at the time and suffering from parasitic infestation, he was a respectable 70-pound ball of blubber when released back into Puget Sound two months later. Here “Lucky” looks back to thank PAWS staffers and the SS volunteer before swimming off with a second chance at life.
ORION MAGAZINE FEATURES PETERSON ARTICLE “SAVING SEALS”
(January 2008)
Orion Magazine, one of the premier periodicals on nature, culture and the environment, featured an article by Seal Sitter Brenda Peterson, “Saving Seals: Our duties in this world and beyond” in the January/February issue. “Two friends keep watch over a baby seal hauled up on a beach. Both are compelled by a love of this world, though one is seduced by thoughts of the next.” ~ Orion
Click here to read the article in its entirety.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (newspaper)
Seal sitting by the Salish Sea
Group takes turn watching over Alki seal pups
KING 5 News (NBC)
Seal sitters protect baby seals on busy beaches
Slide show
Seals need sitters too (video)
Injured seal turns up at Alki Beach
Injured Alki beach seal recovering from his wound
Witnesses report seal killing at Alki Beach
KOMO 4 News (ABC)
Conservation group blames tribal fishermen for dead seal pups at Alki (click on “watch the story” video)
Baby seal jumbles plan for mass baptism
WEST SEATTLE HERALD (newspaper)
Two seal pups nap at Alki
Seal caught in net, then released, thought dead
Seal pup death called ‘unfortunate accident’
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