Seal health check fails and succeeds at the same time (From Maldon and Burnham Standard)

Seal health check fails and succeeds at the same time

3:00pm Tuesday 10th March 2009

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AN unusual tourist has been enjoying the sights and sounds around Fullbridge and Maldon - and likes it so much it refuses to leave.

A seal, who has worried residents with concerns about its health, proved its flippers were still full of life as it evaded rescue efforts.

Members from the Essex Police Marine Unit and the British Divers Marine Life Rescue attempted to check the seal over but it was just too quick.

Marine Investigator Simon Lofting said: “We had reports from the last four months about a seal who was not looking too well so we went with the BDMLR to get it out and assess it. We ushered it down but it was too quick and we tried all day. There had been concerns about its health but it is not that bad as it was flying around.”

The BDMLR is a registered charity operated entirely by volunteers with a network of trained, professional marine mammal medics and survives entirely on donations.

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