Andre the Famous Harbor Seal
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Books › Juvenile Nonfiction › Animals › Marine Life
ISBN: 089272594X / Publisher: Down East Books, January 2003
Recounts how a man from Rockville, Maine, named Harry Goodridge adopted a harbor seal pup whom he called Andrâe as a pet in 1961 and remained his friend for many years as Andrâe lived freely and returned to the harbor each summer.
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Sometimes, just sometimes, a human being and a wild animal make a special connection that changes both of their lives. So it was with Rockport, Maine's Harry Goodridge and the harbor seal pup he named Andre. The two became inseparable, though the seal was free to come and go as he pleased. (His floating enclosure in the harbor simply minimized his presence in skiffs owned by yachtsmen, who complained about his sunbathing in their dinghies.)
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