Federal wildlife officials defend monk seal pup procedure by embattled state worker

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Dramatic video of two women working with a federal wildlife response team cutting the umbilical cord of a newborn monk seal on Oahu’s North Shore.

Ironically, one of them was fined after her dogs allegedly killed the seal just hours later.

The video from last May 2024 was just released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries. It shows two women at Mokuleia beach on Oahu approaching a Hawaiian monk seal nicknamed Luana that gave birth to a pup…

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