Searching for a zoo in Wisconsin with 8+ harbor seals

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marinebiokatie

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Hi all, I recently heard the news that my local zoo will be transferring a harbor seal to a zoo in Wisconsin. The keeper didn’t know the name of the facility off the top of their head, but said the zoo already has 8 or so harbor seals living there. Does anyone have any ideas which location this might be? Thanks in advance!
 
marinebiokatie said:
Hi all, I recently heard the news that my local zoo will be transferring a harbor seal to a zoo in Wisconsin. The keeper didn’t know the name of the facility off the top of their head, but said the zoo already has 8 or so harbor seals living there. Does anyone have any ideas which location this might be? Thanks in advance!
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Hello, welcome!

I think Milwaukee County Zoo should be the only one with Harbor Seals in the state.
 
As of July 1, 2025 MMIR, Milwaukee had 3 female harbor seals:
NOA0010296 Name: UNKNOWN FEMALE Harbor Seal Born: 16-Jun-15 Milwaukee County Zoo ALIVE
NOA0010717 Name: Mira FEMALE Harbor Seal Born: 7-Aug-21 Milwaukee County Zoo ALIVE
NOA0010747 Name: Leia FEMALE Harbor Seal Born: 24-May-22Milwaukee County Zoo ALIVE

Henry Vilas also had 3 (1.1.1) harbor seals:
NOA0006815 Name: UNKNOWN FEMALE Harbor Seal Born: 16-May-12 Henry Vilas Park Zoo ALIVE
NOA0010318 Name: UKNOWN MALE Harbor Seal Born: 8-Jun-14 Henry Vilas Park Zoo ALIVE
NOA0010574 Name: Sammye UNKNOWN Harbor Seal Born: 12-Jun-19 Henry Vilas Park Zoo ALIVE
 
I was going to say, on my visit last year there were four harbor seals at Milwaukee, but that was before Ringo passed away, and I had seen it larger when they were breeding but Ringo was the breeding male, so that's not a current number at present.
 
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