Seal Researcher Comments In Boston Globe
Comments from Jim Gilbert, a UMaine wildlife ecologist who studies seals, were included in a Boston Globe story about the mysterious recent deaths of five adult gray seals on Cape Cod beaches. The article linked the seals, which were found with gunshot wounds to their heads, to tensions with local fishermen who complain that seals deplete the fish population upon which both depend. Gilbert said Cape Cod is a rare example of gray seals and people living in close proximity to each other.
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