Ocean Sentry
The RSPCA has launched an urgent investigation after the bodies of five grey seals were found on a beach in the North East of England. Three of them had been beheaded.
The seals were spotted by a woman who was walking her dog on the beach at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, after her pet ran up to the carcasses.
The seals were all juveniles. One was a few weeks old and the oldest was no more than a year. What has shocked the animal welfare officers is that the cuts on the seals’ necks are clean, suggesting that their heads, which were not on the beach, were severed deliberately. Other theories are that the seals became tangled with fishing equipment or were savaged by a predator such as a killer whale. But experts suggest their heads would not have been so accurately removed and in any event it is rare for a killer whale to be in that area … Read Full Article by Valerie Elliott
