{"id":362879,"date":"2025-12-22T02:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/362879\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T02:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:08:10","slug":"wandering-seal-near-highway-101-safely-guided-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/362879\/","title":{"rendered":"Wandering seal near Highway 101 safely guided away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWPORT, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 A wandering seal was seen near Highway 101 in Newport, Oregon, on Dec. 20, prompting response from Lincoln County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputies. <\/p>\n<p>The seal, found near Milepost 146, was moving along the shoulder of the road. <\/p>\n<p>Deputies, concerned for the safety of both the animal and drivers, used a rope to guide the seal away from the highway. <\/p>\n<p>Community members notified the Oregon Coast Aquarium, whose staff showed up to secure the seal. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A wandering seal was seen near Highway 101\/Lincoln Co. Sheriff's Office\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/37d51f2a-faff-4a1f-8c28-8f5c21c60b8d-Looseseal1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A wandering seal was seen near Highway 101\/Lincoln Co. Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln County Sheriff&#8217;s Office expressed gratitude to the Oregon State Police and the Oregon Coast Aquarium for their assistance in returning the seal to its natural habitat. <\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff&#8217;s Office reminded residents and travelers to remain vigilant for wildlife, including deer, elk, birds, and occasionally seals, while commuting in the area. <\/p>\n<p>In case of wildlife encounters, they provided contact information for local authorities and emphasized the importance of reporting incidents involving protected animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWPORT, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 A wandering seal was seen near Highway 101 in Newport, Oregon, on Dec. 20,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-362879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}