In the spring and summer, juvenile elephant seals will often drag themselves onto Oregon’s beaches to spend weeks shedding their hair and skin, according to Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute. Adult elephant seals are rarely seen in the state.

A team moved the seal to a more secluded beach at the northern tip of the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington. It has not been given a name.

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is requesting the public’s help regarding a shocking incident involving a young elephant seal pup that was stabbed at Neskowin Beach, Oregon. The stabbing took place on Sunday,