Dogcatcher plucks orphaned seal from beach

Tracy Mikowski and the seal pup she scooped up from a Chilkat Inlet beach. Steve Vick photo.
Tracy Mikowski holds a degree in wildlife biology and knows animals found in the wild should be left there.
But when Mikowski came across a newborn seal in beach grass along Chilkat Inlet 6 a.m. Wednesday, she scooped it up.
“I struggled with...
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