Baby Miracle and his Mommy 1/23/12, Andrea Hahn

Born sometime during the night, Baby Miracle, premature and an estimated 10 pounds under the average birth weight of a healthy Harbor Seal puppy, is none the less, the first live birth of the Casa Beach Harbor Seal Pupping Season. Several long days lie ahead for ths little puppy, if not more so, due to his low birth weight and under development wherein he will receive only 3 sips of milk from his Mommy every 4 hours until the arrival of his first bowel movement two days from now On occassion during this interval, his own Mommy will need to resort to seemingly abusive behavior in order to keep her little puppy stimulated enough from falling asleep too deeply and never waking up again. 5 puppies have been counted thus far as having perished from prematurity during this pupping season alone, as Casa Beach has one of the highest Harbor Seal pup prematurity death rates in the Nation, rendering it a social norm for the City of San Diego.

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