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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The remarkable story of an orphaned seal pup and the hunter who saved him is unfolding at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.
A subsistence hunter in Tununak, located on Nelson Island, legally killed a cow seal (wtf how is that legally)on Sunday. He soon realized she was pregnant and the unborn pup was still alive.
The hunter successfully delivered the pup and his daughter contacted the SeaLife Center's stranding hotline to report the problem. A village teacher helped get the pup to the airport and Era Aviation donated a flight to Bethel where the newborn caught a flight to Anchorage.
Veterinarians from the ASLC met the pup in Anchorage on Monday. Dubbed Maxwell -- the 2010 theme for naming stranded animals brought to ASLC for care is caffeine -- the newborn remains in critical condition, but has responded well to food and care.
"Maxwell was close to full term and everything looks fairly normal," Dr. Pam Tuomi said in an ASLC press release. "But pups that have never received antibodies from their mother's milk are at higher risk for infection, so we will keep Maxwell in quarantine and monitor him closely for the next few weeks."
The first orphaned pup of the year to arrive at the SeaLife Center, Maxwell is still wearing his fuzzy white prenatal coat of hair.
"We hope to give Maxwell a second chance at life as a wild harbor seal," said Brett Long, husbandry director at ASLC. "If it weren't for the care provided by the Tununak resident and his daughter -- and the assistance of those who helped transport the pup to Seward -- Maxwell would not have made it."
The Alaska SeaLife Center operates the only permanent facility in the state that is licensed to hold stranded marine mammals and seabirds for rehabilitation