A monk seal's message

A wildlife scientist who took in a problem pup falls in love despite her best efforts to stay aloof

By Nina Wu

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 30, 2012

~~<p>Terrie M. Williams was first and foremost a wildlife biologist before an orphaned Hawaiian monk seal worked its way into her heart.</p>
<p>Williams, director of the Marine Mammal Physiology Project at the University of California, Santa Cruz, tells the story of how the seal came under her charge for two years before returning to Hawaii in her new book, "The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species" (Penguin Press, $27.95).</p>
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Terrie M. Williams was first and foremost a wildlife biologist before an orphaned Hawaiian monk seal worked its way into her heart.

Williams, director of the Marine Mammal Physiology Project at the University of California, Santa Cruz, tells the story of how the seal came under her charge for two years before returning to Hawaii in her new book, "The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species" (Penguin Press, $27.95). Login for more...