A sad ending to the story of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center’s first patient of the season. A male juvenile Harp seal was found Jan. 27 on a jetty on Bradley Beach, where he was suffering from a large open wound on his abdomen and taken in for treatment. According to BreakingAC.com, a Facebook post from the center Monday afternoon reads, in part, “Despite critical medical treatment, his neurologic symptoms worsened rapidly, and he became non-responsive,” the post reads. “Given the rapid deterioration of his condition, our veterinary team concluded that the kindest course of action would be humane euthanasia to prevent his continued prolonged suffering.”