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Baby seal caught in farming community

A seal pup was picked up on a country road in Capernwray, Lancashire, England, several miles from the nearest seashore. A woman and her daughter nudged the seal into their car trunk and caged him in a calf pen until the animal collection officers arrived. Named Sid, the seal is currently at a wildlife center and will eventually be returned to the sea. From the BBC News:

Nick Green, animal collection officer for the RSPCA, said: “Wild seals don’t like being around humans at all, but this one seemed really quite tame, which suggests he could have been a pet…”

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