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VIDEO: Sea Schoolers Participate In Baby Seal Release

Mystic Aquarium releases harbor seal today

When the Mystic Aquarium releases Ares, a 4-month-old baby harbor seal into the ocean this morning, his send-off committee will include children in the Aquarium’s Sea School.

The children, ages 3 to 5, spent the past several weeks learning about the Mystic Aquarium’s animal rescue team rescues and releases marine animals like Ares and other marine animals.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources rescued the abandoned harbor seal pup on July 2. Ares, according to the , was transferred to the University of New England and then transferred to the Mystic Aquarium’s Seal Rescue Clinic for rehabilitation.

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The Mystic Aquarium’s animal rescue team gave Ares a clean bill of health last week, clearing the way for him to be released at Blue Shutters Beach in Charleston, R.I. this morning.

Check the Montville Patch on Wednesday for photos from the Ares’s release.

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