Heheh. Coastguard gets all sorts of weird callouts but this was a good one. A member of the public spotted a distressed seal which had climbed out onto a moored boat near the Navy base in Devonport. In the absence of a distressed-seal hotline, one of the Coastguard vessels was sent to see what could be done about it.

Not a lot, really. It was suggested that, since it was sick, perhaps we should call DOC. (The Department of Conservation. Heheh.) The Navy disclaimed all responsibility for sick seals, so did a local aquarium, and the animal was eventually left to its own devices.

It *did* make it a little hard for the duty officer to fill out the "name and address of assisted person" on the paperwork, though.

Brunnen-"still wondering how you can *tell* if a seal is distressed"G