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PHOTOS: Elephant seal attempts to cross Sonoma Co. highway

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
"Tolay" the elephant seal was later moved and hauled out at the nearby Drakes Beach colony at Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif. on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
"Tolay" the elephant seal pictured at her initial release location at Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif. on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Animal rescue workers try to get a persistent elephant seal off of Highway 37 in Sonoma County and back into the water on Monday, December 28, 2015.
Vets sedated the elephant seal attempting to cross a Sonoma County Highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Vets sedated the elephant seal attempting to cross a Sonoma County Highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Vets sedated the elephant seal attempting to cross a Sonoma County Highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Vets sedated the elephant seal attempting to cross a Sonoma County Highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Vets sedated the elephant seal attempting to cross a Sonoma County Highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Authorities in Sonoma County are keeping their eyes on a stubborn elephant seal that tried to cross Highway 37 several times on Monday, December 28, 2015.
An elephant seal swims around in the water near Highway 37 in Sonoma County on Monday, December 28, 2015.
Animal rescuers worked to prevent a persistent elephant seal from crossing a Sonoma County highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Animal rescuers worked to prevent a persistent elephant seal from crossing a Sonoma County highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
An elephant seal swims in an estuary near Highway 37 in Sonoma County on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Animal rescuers worked to prevent a persistent elephant seal from crossing a Sonoma County highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Animal rescuers worked to prevent a persistent elephant seal from crossing a Sonoma County highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Animal rescuers worked to prevent a persistent elephant seal from crossing a Sonoma County highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Animal rescuers worked to prevent a persistent elephant seal from crossing a Sonoma County highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Animal rescuers worked to prevent a persistent elephant seal from crossing a Sonoma County highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Animal rescuers worked to prevent a persistent elephant seal from crossing a Sonoma County highway on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
A persistent elephant seal kept trying to cross a Sonoma County highway on Monday, December 28, 2015.
A persistent elephant seal kept trying to cross a Sonoma County highway on Monday, December 28, 2015.
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PHOTOS: Elephant seal attempts to cross Sonoma Co. highway"Tolay" the elephant seal was later moved and hauled out at the nearby Drakes Beach colony at Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif. on Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
NPS Photo/Sarah Codde/NMFS Permit No. 17152-00

SEARS POINT, Calif. (KGO) -- A persistent elephant seal kept trying to cross Highway 37 in Sonoma County, slowing down traffic in the area. Crews from the Marine Mammal Center and the CHP worked tirelessly to try to get the mammal back to the safety of the bay.

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