HAYWARD, Calif. — An emaciated baby northern fur seal is recovering after it was found in some bushes at a San Francisco Bay Area business park.
Hayward police said on their Facebook page that the dehydrated and malnourished seal was found after someone called about the pup around 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Police say the seal — somehow — got out of the water, crossed busy Interstate 880 and found its way to the bushes.
Police at first thought the caller was mistaken and the furry creature was really just a “possum or a weird cat.”
Police called the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. Center spokeswoman Laura Sherr confirmed to KNTV that her team picked up the animal, which they hope to nourish and send back into the wild as soon as possible.
