Police were called to a field near Liverpool after a dog-walker discovered a stranded seal in the middle of it.
The report of a found seal is true!Just on @MerseyPolice area.Seal is safe and well-it wanted 2b home for Christmas!
The local town, Newton Le Willows, is 17 miles from the nearest coastline; however, there is a small brook near where the seal was found.
There's a brook nr field in Newton Le Willows where #seal found. See brown dot top of pic. @BBCNWT 1.30
Steve Marsh from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue service (BDMLR) told the BBC:
It's not an easy job certainly because they are large animals.
They can be quite aggressive and we do have people in our charity that can actually handle those large seals, but in this instance we are probably going to have to be using the fire brigade to help out.
The seal was contained by police officers until support from BDMLR arrived. They then drove the lost seal towards a container.
The seal was put into the container and taken to a seal sanctuary, where it will be checked over before being returned to the sea.
Operation seal a success!! He's now been taken away in crate on back of tractor.
Think they're going to have to change sign on fence... #NewtonLeWillows #seal
We're glad it all worked out for you, field seal!
