As the seal population grows, more are entangled in waste
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The three big seal rescue centres along the Dutch coast have dealt with 35 seals this year, which have become entangled in fishing nets or other litter, the Volkskrant reported on Tuesday. In an average year, the centres help some 40 seals in total. The problem is particularly an issue for young seals who “grow” into whatever they have become caught up in. “It does not expand with them and that leads to fatal trauma to the airways and blood

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