Another early-morning seal
Calls reporting a seal pup at Constellation Park came to the Seal Sitters hotline early in the morning on September 2.
Nursing-age seal pup
Urgent calls came on Sunday August 9 reporting a harbor seal hauled out at Lincoln Park’s north beach in West Seattle.
Stop the targeted killing of seals and sea lions
A new bill H.R. 9621 has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act, allowing the targeted killing of pinnipeds in Washington State and the Columbia River.
Seal Sitters in the community
Seal Sitters has a dual mission: to protect marine mammals and to educate the public.
Photographing harbor seals
Harbor seals have distinct markings and coloration that help responders identify individual animals.
Seal Sitters in the classroom
Seattle’s Beacon Hill International School invited Seal Sitters to bring our “stuff” for a fun afternoon with middle schoolers.
Two weaners & a knowledgeable teen
Harbor seal pups are typically weaned from their mothers at 4-6 weeks. Thereafter, they are affectionately called “weanlings” or “weaners.”
Sea Lion Intervention
A California sea lion was expected to die unless freed from the fishing gear tightly wound around his neck. Seal Sitters volunteers were asked to assist in the dramatic disentanglement operation.