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A seal has been freed after a week stuck on a white water rafting course.
The female seal spent days in the Tees Barrage course in Stockton after it is believed it chased fish through underwater gates which then closed.
The RSPCA said the seal appeared distressed but uninjured. Water was drained and divers opened the gate to open the way for the animal.
A spokeswoman said another seal was seen waiting for it in the river and the pair swam off together.
RSPCA inspector Krissy Raine said: She is a very big seal and I think she must have followed some fish into this area through the gates.
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