Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Tuesday delivered a shiny new trailer designed with Emerson in mind to Oak Bay Marina
It’s been dubbed Emerson’s Chariot and it awaits the wayward elephant seal if he decides to go wandering across the road again in South Oak Bay.
Now federal marine scientist Paul Cottrell — fresh from the orca rescue in Zeballos — is on watch to relocate the 500-pound animal if he goes wandering into traffic again. Cottrell said Emerson is about halfway through the process, with evidence of loose or shed skin around his face and head and tail flippers.
DFO rounded him up again and took him to Barkley Sound near Ucluelet. But six days later, Emerson was back, first on Gonzales Beach, then McNeill Bay and Kitty Islet before last week moving to Oak Bay Marina, where he did his first moult a year ago. Born in January 2022, the elephant seal has gained an adoring following, with hundreds coming out to view him as he sleeps and occasionally rolls and grunts.
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