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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0111_01CAB94F.2B6D51A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable With the lack of ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, harp seals were = pupping on the weekend close to shore at Dalhousie, NB, in the river on = moving ice, as reported by Irene Doyle. I would suspect any where there = is sea ice in the Gulf there will be seals pupping, which from the sea = ice forecast on the Environment Canada website, is concentrated along a = few shores including a couple of places off the coast of PEI, in the = Northumberland Strait and a small section of the Quebec coast. These = seals are highly "programmed" to find ice on which to pup and most = likely, there will also be a high pup mortality (even without a hunt) if = the ice is unstable. Harp and hooded seal pups spend the first part of = their life out of the water on ice and are not prepared to be in the = water, living on fat reserves from a short nursing period to grow and = develop. Any seals or pups found along the shore should be left alone and not = forced into the water and pets should not be allowed to approach. Seals = and pups will defend themselves by attempting to bite if forced. Laurie Murison Grand Manan, NB ------=_NextPart_000_0111_01CAB94F.2B6D51A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>With the lack of ice in the Gulf of St. = Lawrence,=20 harp seals were pupping on the weekend close to shore at Dalhousie, = NB, in=20 the river on moving ice, as reported by Irene Doyle. I would = suspect any=20 where there is sea ice in the Gulf there will be seals pupping, which = from the=20 sea ice forecast on the Environment Canada website, is concentrated = along a=20 few shores including a couple of places off the coast of PEI, in the=20 Northumberland Strait and a small section of the Quebec = coast. These seals=20 are highly "programmed" to find ice on which to pup and most = likely, there=20 will also be a high pup mortality (even without a hunt) if the ice = is=20 unstable. Harp and hooded seal pups spend the first part of their = life out=20 of the water on ice and are not prepared to be in the water, living on = fat=20 reserves from a short nursing period to grow and develop.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Any seals or pups found along the shore = should be=20 left alone and not forced into the water and pets should not be = allowed to=20 approach. Seals and pups will defend themselves by attempting to = bite if=20 forced.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT><FONT size=3D2 = face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Grand Manan, = NB</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0111_01CAB94F.2B6D51A0--
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