San Rafael police and volunteers rescue a baby northern fur seal that found itself at a neighborhood intersection.
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San Rafael police and volunteers rescued a baby northern fur seal that made its way to a street.
San Rafael Police Department/A baby northern fur seal was saved on Saturday from a close brush with being hit by cars on a San Rafael roadway not far from the bay, police said.
The tiny seal, nicknamed “Ivy,” was rescued by police around East Francisco Boulevard and Grange Avenue, near the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, according to a San Rafael police post on Facebook.
Two officers responded to mistaken reports of an otter on the roadway. The rescue was assisted by volunteers from the Marine Mammal Center, where the seal is now under care. It’s unknown how the seal ended up on the roadway.
Northern fur seals are typically found 600 miles off the coast and are a threatened species, police said.
Female seals can grow up to five feet and 140 pounds and male seals can group up to seven feet and 600 pounds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The seals were historically hunted for their fur but a 1911 international treaty banned hunting at sea and created guidelines for land hunting. The California population of northern fur seals was estimated at 14,050 in 2016. The California seals breed off the Farallon Islands and San Miguel Island.
The seals spend 300 days a year in the ocean.
Roland Li is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: roland.li@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @rolandlisf
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