Animal rescuers said a young seal was returned to the wild one day after it exited the water and walked across a busy New Jersey road.
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Brick Township police said they responded Monday when a seal pup was spotted crossing Route 35, near Curtis Point Drive.
Police stopped traffic to allow the seal to cross and watched as the animal made its way to a nearby back yard.
A Marine Mammal Stranding Center crew arrived on the scene and brought the 36-pound pup to its facility for examination and observation.
The seal was found to be uninjured and in good health, the center said.
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The pup was returned to the water Tuesday afternoon.
"This actually isn't the first time we have had a gray seal pup try to cross Route 35 due to its close proximity to both the bay and ocean," the center said in a Facebook post.