The Easter bank holiday weekend has sadly seen an unprecedented flurry of reports to BDMLR’s hotline regarding disturbance, harassment and attacks on seals. On Good Friday alone there were five incidents called in from across the country before lunchtime, setting a sad new low in our records for receiving so many such reports in a short space of time.
At this time of year we still have young seals who have only been independent of their mother for a few weeks that are finding their way in the world. Sometimes they come up at night to sleep on to what are normally public beaches and in the morning find themselves surrounded by people and chased by dogs back into the sea. However, some animals may actually be sick, injured and weak and are therefore less able to escape or defend themselves, so are especially vulnerable to abuse.
Read more https://bdmlr.org.uk/easter-weekend-sees-multiple-seal-disturbance-incidents
