PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 26, 2025
A juvenile harbor seal found wounded by a predator in September on the banks of the Mousam River in Kennebunk was returned to the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday after being nursed back to health by the state’s only marine mammal rescue organization. The 6-month-old known as Number 269 was the 100th seal to be successfully rehabilitated by Marine Mammals of Maine since its founding in 2011. The Brunswick-based nonprofit rescues stranded seals, whales, dolphins and sea turtles all along the Maine coast.