Saturday morning, local rescue officials in Kalajoki received a call from a jogger who had noticed a baby seal near the shore in the city’s Hiekkasärkät area. The seal pup had strayed far from the open sea.
The pup was in perfect health when found, and the rescue workers used a pet carrier to take the pup back out onto sea ice.
“The pup bared its teeth and growled at the jogger, but was perfectly calm with us. Perhaps it knew we were going to help it get back to the sea,” describes Reijo Rajaniemi, one of the rescuers.
A stranded seal pup is not a rare sight in the region, says Rajaniemi. “I believe it was the third one this spring,” he adds.
