Latest news with #seal
Daily Mail
09-06-2025
- Daily Mail
'Cruel' angler 'tries to hook wild seal' at Devon beauty spot
An angler has been slammed for allegedly trying to hook a wild seal at a Devon beauty spot. The woman fishing with a rod off the rocks was spotted appearing to snare the animal. Click above to watch the full video.
CTV News
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
This 16-year-old seal lion may be better at dancing than humans
Watch Sixteen-year-old dancing seal, Ronan, is teaching humans a few tricks about rhythm and beat predictions.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Underweight seal flown from Isles of Scilly to Cornwall sanctuary
An underweight and lone seal pup has been flown from the Isles of Scilly to a seal sanctuary in Davey, from British Divers Marine Life Rescue, said the pup was about five days old and had been initially spotted alone on an inaccessible beach on Tresco on female pup made its way to St Mary's harbour but rescuers said she was underweight and alone, so they asked Penzance Helicopters if they could manage an extra passenger on pup, which has been called Grub, was taken to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek. Rescuers said Grub was "progressing well" and was on a diet of fish soup four times a day. Ms Davey told BBC Radio Cornwall: "The pup was clearly underweight, it only weighed 13kg (28.6lbs) and it still had its umbilicus so it was, we reckon, probably four to five days old."It has a full white of coat, which they have for the first three weeks, and it had not started to moult."She said Penzance Helicopters had "bent over backwards" to help ensure the pup got the timely care it needed.A spokesperson for Penzance Helicopters said: "It's not always about supporting the islands with a lifeline link for people, sometimes we get a curve ball and we are always happy to help."
BBC News
13-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Rescuers find 'seal in distress' is just a rock
Rescuers called out to help a seal crying in distress off the North East Lincolnshire coast found the struggling animal was actually just a large rock. A member of the public contacted Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue on Sunday with concerns over the seal's safety. A vet and two volunteers scanned the beach with no joy – and when they asked the caller for an exact location, they realised it was a large seal-shaped rock. Aaron Goss, lead rescuer at the charity, said: "We are frequently telling people not to approach seals and to not disturb them. The rock did look like a seal, so the member of the public [has] done the right thing." He added: "They have stayed back and contacted [us] to give us the heads up, so they have done nothing wrong at all and, of course, it is quite humorous that it was just a rock. "I don't know where she heard the crying from, but that's not a problem – maybe it was a passing gull!" Mr Goss said the call-out came from the Wonderland end of the beach. "She was adamant it was not moving very much but she said it had been moving and she could hear it calling," he said. "A guy had zoomed in on his phone camera and it was definitely a seal. "We were scanning the beach for a really long time, trying to figure out where on earth is this seal. "Eventually, we called her back and asked her for a bit more information, and managed to find – from the description that she had given with the new location –that it was definitely a rock." It was not the first time something had been misidentified as a seal. "A few years ago, we had a log wash up a bit further out on the beach, and people mistook that for a seal," Mr Goss said. "And, again, it did look like a seal from quite a distance. "It's not a problem. We can get the big binoculars out and double-check." The rescue organisation said it was always better to be safe than sorry, and reports of concerns about animals would be followed up. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Rescuers find that 'crying seal in distress' is just a rock
Rescuers called out to help a seal crying in distress off the North East Lincolnshire coast found the struggling animal was actually just a large rock.A member of the public contacted Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue on Sunday with concerns over the seal's safety. A vet and two volunteers scanned the beach with no joy – and when they asked the caller for an exact location, they realised it was a large seal-shaped Goss, lead rescuer at the charity, said: "We are frequently telling people not to approach seals and to not disturb them. The rock did look like a seal, so the member of the public [has] done the right thing." He added: "They have stayed back and contacted [us] to give us the heads up, so they have done nothing wrong at all and, of course, it is quite humorous that it was just a rock."I don't know where she heard the crying from, but that's not a problem – maybe it was a passing gull!"Mr Goss said the call-out came from the Wonderland end of the beach."She was adamant it was not moving very much but she said it had been moving and she could hear it calling," he said."A guy had zoomed in on his phone camera and it was definitely a seal. "We were scanning the beach for a really long time, trying to figure out where on earth is this seal."Eventually, we called her back and asked her for a bit more information, and managed to find – from the description that she had given with the new location –that it was definitely a rock."It was not the first time something had been misidentified as a seal."A few years ago, we had a log wash up a bit further out on the beach, and people mistook that for a seal," Mr Goss said."And, again, it did look like a seal from quite a distance."It's not a problem. We can get the big binoculars out and double-check."The rescue organisation said it was always better to be safe than sorry, and reports of concerns about animals would be followed up. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
