Riverhead Foundation Rescues 2 Seal Pups Sunday [PHOTOS & VIDEO]

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation rescued two female gray seal pups that came ashore on opposite ends of the South Fork on Sunday.

Kim Durham, the rescue program coordinator and a biologist, said the organization responded to two calls — one from Westhampton and one from Montauk.

In Montauk, a couple found . Durham said a fragment was lodged in her body.

Rescuers were able to remove the netting, but an infection from where the gear cut into her caused them to admit her to the hospital. "There's no reason why she can't recover. She's on antibiotics," Durham said.

Two rescuers recovered the seal from about a half-mile east of Ranch Road. With the help of the couple who found her, they carried the seal in a dog kennel. The seal was also a bit feisty, snapping and lunging at the rescuers.

She is recovering in a tank at the foundation's headquarters in Riverhead, where she is being treated for her wounds. Durham said she isn't taking fish from them just yet.

The other female gray seal was found at Cupsogue County Park, "lethargic and unresponsive" Durham said. The seal was also underweight.

Rescuers transported her to a tank and she has since "sassed up a bit," Durham said. A veterinarian found some puncture marks on her body that were infected and she is receiving treatment.

The rescues serve as a reminder, she said, for beach-goers to call the foundation right away if they spot a seal in distress. "We encourage people not to try and cut the netting themselves," she said. Gray seals are protected species.

A video, attached to this article, shows the seal in Montauk lunging and growling at the rescuers. "They're not just wild animals you are dealing with, but an injured animals," she said.

The foundation's 24-Hour Stranding Hotline is 631-369-9829.

Also this weekend, the Riverhead Foundation responded to Amagansett to retrieve a dead harbor harbor porpoise found on Cranberry Hole Road. Durham said it was emaciated. Biologists will examine it on Monday afternoon.