{"id":821031,"date":"2026-07-23T14:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821031\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:58:52","slug":"abandoned-newborn-seal-pup-rescued-on-shoreline-of-metro-vancouver-island-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821031\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned newborn seal pup rescued on shoreline of Metro Vancouver island | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784815047_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An abandoned seal pup rescued by Vancouver Police and a team of veterinary technicians on the shores of Bowen Island, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, is shown in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Handout \u2014 Vancouver Police Department (Mandatory Credit)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 22, 2026 | 2:50 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 Police and a team of veterinary technicians in Vancouver have successfully rescued an abandoned newborn seal pup found on the shoreline of Bowen Island. <\/p>\n<p>Vancouver police say in a release that the distressed female harbour seal was discovered Tuesday afternoon by a visitor to the island, which is part of the Metro Vancouver regional district. <\/p>\n<p>The police department\u2019s marine vessel was used to transport members of the Vancouver Aquarium\u2019s marine mammal rescue to the beach. <\/p>\n<p>The pup was safely retrieved about two hours after the case was first reported to authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An abandoned seal pup rescued by Vancouver Police and a team of veterinary technicians on the shores of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82,55],"class_list":["post-821031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}