Experts Continue Seal Death Probe ; Federal Scientists Are Studying the Mortalities As a Possible Sign of Larger Environmental Problems.
Portland Press Herald › October 25, 2004
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Federal scientists and local experts are still looking for whatever killed or sickened hundreds of seals along the Maine coast this summer despite fading hopes of finding an easy explanation.
Reports of stranded seals have slowed to normal rates in recent weeks, much to the relief of seal rescuers and rehabilitation workers. But researchers here and in laboratories down the East Coast continue to actively search for clues about what happened to the harbor seals and what it might say about the health of the ocean.See the full content of this document
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Experts Continue Seal Death Probe ; Federal Scientists Are Studying the Mortalities As a Possible Sign of Larger Environmental Problems.
"We haven't found the one thing that's doing it," said Greg Early, a Massachusetts researcher and one of the leaders of the federal team investigating Maine's seal deaths. "We're peeling the onion, but we're still finding more layers."
The mystery began in July with a surge in the number of...See the full content of this document
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