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They aren't and never were. An actress made the decision that they were and that they would be extinct by the early 1980's. They are listed on the ICUN Red List as a species of Least Concern and the US Dept. of Fish and Wildlife does not include them on their Endangered Species List. The current population of Harps seals is about 6 million. Making them the most numerous marine mammal in the Northern Hemisphere... Not an Endangerd Species.

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Is the harp seal a water animal?

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