Young seal rescued in Nieuwpoort: “Was entangled in fishing nets”

With the assistance of the NorthSealTeam, the Nieuwpoort fire station is able to save the little seal. Old fishing nets were caught around his neck and leg. “With the permission of Sealife, the net has been professionally removed,” Luc David, retired aide at the Westhoek Fire Brigade, wrote on Facebook.

It is a hiker who sees the seal this morning on a breakwater. “Fortunately, the fire brigade was there early.” The seal was not hurt and was then able to go back into the sea.