The Saimaa ringed seal lives nowadays mainly in two Finnish national parks, Kolovesi and Linnansaari.
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The most effective way for this would be a legal ban, but the minister of agriculture and forestry, Sirkka-Liisa Anttila has so far been unwilling to use any general bans in the protection of the Saimaa seal.
The song's lyrics tell the sad life stories of Nestori Miikkulainen, an old bachelor living on a rocky island in Lake Saimaa, and a lonely seal who lives in the waters near Nestori's cabin and comes to visit him when the old man plays his harmonica.
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