Comments on: La Jolla Harbor Seals: A Short Story

By: sarabella

sarabella — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:02:29 +0000

Gorgeous. That’s all I can say. Well, okay there’s more… I LOVE this post… there’s something very personal around the images that grabs you, and the way in which you’ve documented the experience is truly fantastic!

By: sunnflr

sunnflr — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:59:43 +0000

That beach looks wonderful! I bet it is fun to hike there. And the seals are adorable. What great pictures!

By: laurabelle

laurabelle — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:33:54 +0000

Incredible pictures!

Laura
http://whatshotontv.today.com/

By: timecapsule

timecapsule — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:21:27 +0000

Hahahaha… love that story my friend. you are very creative. love the story line too… very candid. keep it up.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:50:04 +0000

ohohoh! they are so cute! It makes me so happy looking at those little faces! SOOOO CUTE!!!!

~Kelly
http://www.30somethingandsearching.today.com/

By: erisa

erisa — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:11:27 +0000

wow! i love the pictures and the story is very creative. i wonder how the lady looks like while she took the pictures. hehe…

i would imagine it to be like a children’s story book with dialogues. it would also help the children be conscious of taking care of their environment at a young age. i guess… you would be a good author.

By: betchai

betchai — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:31:44 +0000

Hi Frigga, it is okay, I understand we all have different opinions and perspectives. The beach is not necessarily man-made, it is part entirely of the ocean. Only that as an open beach before, it was subject to dangerous ocean rip currents, thus a breakwater wall was made by men. From what I understand, the funds was donated by Ellen Scripps for the intention of providing children a safe place to swim, so that breakwater wall was indeed intended for safer swimming purposes minus the danger of strong surf and rip currents. However, the seals came in and made that part of the ocean their rookery, and because of fear of people harassing seals and also of seal fecal contamination, the beach was closed.

” The breakwater wall was built upon a large rock shelf known since 1887 as Seal Rock and Seal Rock Point. First hand accounts by native La Jollan’s indicate the presence of harbor seals in the area before and after construction of the wall.”- http://www.lajollaseals.com/controversy.html

Only that because of how the beach was named that we forget we are just tenants of the ocean, it is not naturally ours to invade and throw away natural coastal habitat, but naturally ours to seek renewal. I am happy and content that I have miles and miles of coastline to enjoy in San Diego and the seals only took a fraction of one mile, and in my opinion, this small stretch should continue to serve as natural habitat of the seals, be set aside for the primary use by harbor seals, secondary by human as long as the seals are not disturbed in any way and respected in their habitat subject to strict interpretation of Marine Mammal Protection Act.

By: betchai

betchai — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:40:05 +0000

thanks a lot everyone.

@ Gem, you’re correct about what you were thinking

By: kalilea

kalilea — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:13:38 +0000

That’s super! What a great story to go with those pictures!