Editing Leopard seal (section)

===Captivity===
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[[File:Sealion in training (3616810581).jpg|thumb|Captive leopard seal, [[Taronga Zoo]]]]
The Taronga Zoo kept rescued leopard seals from 1999 to 2014. These seals were thought to be vagrants; washing up on Australian beaches emaciated and bearing bites from [[cookiecutter shark]]s. After being nursed back to health, they were not released back into the wild as it was feared that they would [[Pathogen transmission|transmit diseases]] to the wild population of leopard seals, so they remained in the care of the zoo until their deaths. In order from date of rescue, they were named Brooke, Sabine, and Casey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Whisker into Leopard Seal Life |url=http://taronga.org.au/news/2018-07-11/whisker-leopard-seal-life |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=A Whisker into Leopard Seal Life {{!}} Taronga Conservation Society Australia |language=en}}</ref>