Malnourished seal is freed after getting stuck between rocks in Cornwall Abbianca Makoni
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A severely malnourished seal has been rescued after it was found trapped between large rocks and entangled in a discarded fishing net.
The Lands End Coast Rescue team were called to the Gwyner beach, in Cornwall, at 3.20pm on Wednesday to assist the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) who were already trying to free the seal.
The animal had a “horrendous” wound to her neck where she had been wrapped in fishing wire.
writes Ollie Buckley. Land s End Coastguard Rescue Team helped charity volunteers free the seal, which had a horrendous wound from the fishing wire, on Wednesday.
Conservationists have rescued the seal after it was minutes away from drowning. Picture:SWNS The seal was minutes away from drowning in the incoming high tide at Gwynver beach, according to British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR). Conservationists have spent more than two years trying to capture the entangled seal in order to help her.
The resuce was described as an epic, stand-out rescue. Picture:SWNS Dan Jarvis, from the BDMLR charity, described it as an epic, stand-out rescue.
A FRIENDLY face has popped up on a west Dorset beach - but the message is for people to observe from a distance and not get too close. A young grey seal, believed to be Sammy who has been a regular visitor to Weymouth Beach over the past year, appeared on Hive Beach, Burton Bradstock, taking an opportunity to lay in the sun and have a rest. Bridport resident Jenny Stewart-Ackroyd saw the seal on Sunday. She said: He was very relaxed and just moved away when the sea would get too close. He seemed happy to sunbathe in the morning sun.
SEAL conservation groups have urged Dorset residents to do the right thing and give the young seal pup who reappeared this weekend some space. The Jurassic Coast s resident seal popped up at Hive Beach in Burton Bradstock on Sunday, March 7. The Seal Project, Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust and British Divers Marine Life Rescue have issued a joint statement, asking people to keep their distance from the animal. The groups said: This juvenile male grey seal has been frequenting areas of Dorset and South Devon and has become a focus for a lot of public attention. He needs to rest on land to digest any food he has been able to catch, but he still has to learn what to eat and how to catch it.
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