LEOPARD SEAL SHOT
Rare Visitor At Scott Base (N.Z Press Association) SCOTT BASE, June 30. A leopard seal, a most unusual visitor so far south, was shot at Scott Base yesterday so that a full biological examination could be made. Two members of the New Zealand scientific party at Scott Base were helping with the base's tractor to clear away the tons of drift snow which had gathered round the huts over the oceanographic ice-holes made by American scientists near Scott Base, when Mr W. Hare, of Milton. saw the seal in the headlights. All the men at Scott Base are familiar with the docile Weddell seals. but the hermit-like, ferocious leopard seal has, as far as is known, not been seen in McJTurdo Sound since the days of Captain Scott. Mr Hare returned to the rest of the party reporting that he had sighted a leopard seal. He was first met with disbelief, but an American scientist. Mr J. Dearborn, recognising the unique nature of the find, became excited. A revolver was brought from Scott Base and Mr W. Herbert shot the seal.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29554, 1 July 1961, Page 15
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