Vancouver Island beach visitors warned to give ‘abandoned’ seal pups space

Pupping season has arrived in Greater Victoria.
Beginning in June and peaking in July and August, female harbour seals will be coming ashore to birth and nurse the next generation of ‘rock sausages’.
During this time, folks may come across the odd lone pup on the region’s beaches, which at first glance may look abandoned.
But experts are reminding people that a lone pup is not necessarily one left to fend for itself.
“Harbour seal mothers often leave their pups resting sa