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Poorly seal pup found on Westward Ho! pebble ridge

Published: 10:41 AM November 9, 2009    Updated: 4:01 PM November 7, 2020

STRONG winds and rough seas left this young seal high and dry on Saturday afternoon. The two-week-old pup was found by walkers on the beach at Westward Ho! before being taken to the RSPCA West Hatch Animal Rescue Centre near Taunton. It is the second seal

STRONG winds and rough seas left this young seal high and dry on Saturday afternoon.

The two-week-old pup was found by walkers on the beach at Westward Ho! before being taken to the RSPCA West Hatch Animal Rescue Centre near Taunton.

It is the second seal to be washed up on the region's beaches in the last couple of weeks.

For more on this story, read Wednesday's North Devon Gazette.

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