Despite the efforts of officials and volunteers, Emerson the elephant seal just loves his adoring public too much to stay away. His latest trip involved swimming hundreds of kilometres in just five days to land back on the beaches of Victoria. “(He’s) an animal we know well,” Paul Cottrell with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada told Global News. “We even know he was born in the U.S., just across the border at Deception Pass Park. And his mom ended up giving birth right in this park.” Cottrell said after three or four weeks, the weaning period was over, and his mom took off.

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Relocated seal returns to Greater Victoria after 'astonishing' 204-kilometre trek

Emerson has been relocated four times for his own safety, after he tried to cross roads, climb stairs, and even wander through garden beds

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Elephant seal returns to Canadian city after relocation attempt: ‘This is his home’

A moulting seal who was relocated after drawing daily crowds of onlookers in Greater Victoria has made a surprise return, after what officials described as an 'astonishing' six-day journey.

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Fishery officials say they’re shifting tactics after Emerson the elephant seal returned — yet again — to Oak Bay on Friday, just five days after a team removed him from Saanich and dropped him off on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

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Relocated 4 times, 'celebrity' elephant seal returns to Greater Victoria beach yet again

"And Emerson has kind of grown attached to people. And now two years later, he's weighing over 500 pounds and he's really taken a liking to Victoria."

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Emerson the ‘real rascal’ elephant seal swims hundreds of kilometres back to Victoria

VICTORIA -- Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult.

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Elephant seal Emerson is back in Victoria, defying relocation by swimming 200 km

Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult.
The Fisheries Department says the 225-kilogram seal swam an “astonishing” average of 34 kilometres a day during a six-day journey, after the failed relocation to waters near Vancouver Island’s Barkley Sound on April 5.
Fisheries officer Morgan Van Kirk says he was “blown awa…

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Elephant Seal Emerson Is Back in Victoria, Defying Relocation by Swimming 200 Km

VICTORIA - Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to

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Elephant seal Emerson extends Victoria city break, defying relocation with 200km swim

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans confirmed that Emerson, Victoria’s favourite stair-climbing, beach-lounging elephant seal, is back in town.

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Emerson the elephant seal back in town just days after being relocated

VICTORIA — Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult.

Emerson the ‘real rascal’ elephant seal swims hundreds of kilometres back to Victoria

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