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500lb seal saved from nuclear power station tank
Posted by editor on May 26, 2007 - 02:39 PM
Filed under: Animals, News
Divers have taken two days to free a grey seal weighing nearly a quarter of a ton from a water cooling pool at a nuclear power station.
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The seal was discovered trapped in a tank of water at
Dungeness Nuclear Power Station on Wednesday (23 May).
British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) volunteers built a floating pontoon to
stop the seal from drowning before winching it out.
A special net was placed on the floating raft on Thursday to trap the seal and
winch him to safety.
The 2.4m 250kg (551lb) seal was examined by a veterinary surgeon before being
released, on Friday near to the Goodwin Sands off the coast of Deal, near to is
a large Grey Seal colony.
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