A grey seal that wandered right into a Massachusetts pond and evaded authorities' makes an attempt to seize him turned himself in Friday after waddling as much as the native police station.
The grey seal first appeared earlier this month in Shoe Pond within the metropolis of Beverly, northeast of Boston. The animal is believed to have traveled to the pond from the ocean through a river and drainage pipes.
The seal rapidly turned an area attraction, and was even named "Shoebert" after his chosen pond.
Firefighters and wildlife specialists used boats and large nets in an effort to seize the wily animal Thursday, however gave up after a number of fruitless hours. Early Friday morning, nevertheless, Shoebert left the pond, crossed a car parking zone and appeared exterior the aspect door of the native police station wanting, in line with a police assertion, "for some assist."
The seal was rapidly corralled by a crew of wildlife specialists, firefighters and the police division's "total midnight shift," in line with a Fb put up from the Beverly Police Division.
"Shoebert seemed to be in good well being and was somewhat sassy within the early morning hours," the division famous.
The seal was transported to Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut, the place aquarium workers will carry out a medical examination earlier than releasing him again into the wild, Sarah Callan, supervisor of the aquarium's animal rescue program, wrote in an e mail.
"He's appearing like a typical, feisty, 4-year-old grey seal," Callan added. "We're planning to launch him in a quiet, distant location close to different seals."