The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking for people who stabbed baby seals several times on Oregon beaches.

NOAA said Monday that Navy SEALs survived a bay in the small town of Nescovin along the Pacific Ocean. Last month, the administration's Marine Stranding Team was able to move it to a more secluded beach in Washington State.

NOAA Fisheries West Coast regional spokesman Michael Milstein said in an email that its wound is healing and has increased to 300 pounds, with no indication that the stabbing will have a "lasting effect."

The agency law enforcement office, which is investigating the attack, is looking for "interested people" found by witnesses. NOAA releases a man’s sketch, describing him as a white man with a big gap in his upper teeth.

Officials are also looking for a car owner seen in the parking lot behind the apartment building, which could be linked to the attack on Sunday night, according to NOAA. The agency described the vehicle as a dark blue 1990s Dodge or Chrysler van, adding that the rear windows were covered in plastic and the interior of the van seemed to be cluttered.

Officials asked any information about interested people, car owners or attackers to call NOAA's law enforcement hotline.

In the spring and summer, juvenile elephant seals usually drag on Oregon beaches and spend weeks losing their hair and skin. Adult elephant seals are rarely seen in the state.

Milstein said the stabbed seal may have recently left her mother and studied hunting alone. Once it grows a little, it will likely return to the breeding area around the Channel Islands near Southern California.

The Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibits harassment, harm, killing or feeding wild elephant seals and other marine mammals. Violators may face criminal penalties up to $100,000, with up to one year of imprisonment.

Last year, a bottle of dolphin was found Shooting to death On the beaches in Louisiana, prompting authorities to offer a $20,000 reward.