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Lithuania bids to save Baltic seals as ice sheets recede / 66EG8KE
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The grey seals slide out of their cages into the Baltic Sea near the Lithuanian coast, swimming off to new lives imperilled by climate change, pollution and shrinking fish stocks. The seals have been nurtured at a rehabilitation centre in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda. Survival rates for cubs in the wild can be as low as five percent, according to local scientists. "In the past, seals gave birth on ice. Far from each other, far from predators, with no competition or fighting. Today, the ice has disappeared," explains biologist Arunas Grusas. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES