Mystic Aquarium Sets Record with Seal Release

MYSTIC, CT - A seal release Tuesday marked 2016 as a record-setting year for Mystic Aquarium's Animal Rescue Team.

The release too place in the morning hours at Blue Shutters Beach in Charlestown, Rhode Island, where a seal named Sunstone became the 24th seal released by the program.

The release marked a record number since the team began rescue efforts in 1975.

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