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Hawaiian seal to be healed by local woman

Reported by: Jay Cashmere
Email: jcashmere@wptv.com
Last Update: 11/13/2009 5:03 pm

JUPITER, FL -- A young monk seal off the coast of Hawaii is gaining a lot of attention. The seal named KP2 has been featured in the Wall Street Journal  and is the talk of the town from Hawaii to Jupiter.
 
KP2 had a rough ride, its mother refused to nurture it and it was recently discovered the seal has cataracts. Carmen Colitz of Jupiter will be conducting the surgery to remove its cataracts which has left the 18th month old seal 80% blind.

"It's very rewarding of course. I'm helping them but also learning so much and sort of pioneering the way for my colleagues to learn more," says Colitz.

Colitz, a veterinarian specializing in seal and sea lion eye surgery around the world, will head to California to perform the surgery in early Spring. KP2 is in captivity at Waikiki's aquarium right now. After its surgery in California it will have a permanent home at Sea Life Park in Oahu.

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