The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 30, 1996              TAG: 9601300296
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

STRIVING TO SAVE A STRUGGLING SEAL

ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photos]

DREW C. WILSON

The Virginian-Pilot

Frank Hudgins, left in top photo, and Elizabeth Plymell, who are on

the staff of the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, inject

an antibiotic into a young harbor seal at the aquarium's marine

mammal rehabilitation facility Monday. The seal, suffering from

pneumonia, is believed to be less than a year old. It was found on a

Hatteras Island beach. After being medicated, the seal was placed in

a tank at the aquarium (right) to recuperate.

by CNB