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[100% veg*n ] Seal swims to rescue of drowning dog

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:31:54 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

 

Seal swims to rescue of drowning dog

By Paul Stokes

(Filed: 20/06/2002)

 

 

 

A seal was seen coming to the aid of a drowning dog and pushing it to the

safety of a river bank.

 

Chris Hinds, a court warrants officer, was out walking his own dogs when he

saw the alsatian-cross injured and whimpering at the water's edge. As he

approached, it panicked and plunged into the River Tees only to be swept

away by the fast-flowing tide on Tuesday evening. Mr Hinds, 43, sent his son

Raymond, 18, to call the fire brigade and RSPCA from his mobile phone in his

car parked nearby.

 

He stayed on the bank beneath Newport Bridge, Middlesbrough, to follow the

path of the dog. As the dog yelped 30ft out and he shouted, a seal popped up

and began to circle the stricken animal. Then to Mr Hind's amazement it swam

up behind the dog and used its nose to push it by the backside on to

mudflats.

 

" I just couldn't believe what was happening in front of my eyes, it was a

truly amazing experience I will never forget, " said Mr Hinds, of

Middlesbrough, who had been out walking his own two dogs. I thought the dog

would die because there was nothing I could do to get to it. When the seal

suddenly appeared from nowhere I wondered what it would do. It took a matter

of seconds to save the dog. I don't know why the seal did what it did. I

can't explain it. "

 

The rescued dog, thought to be aged between five and eight, had a gashed

head and an injured rear leg. It had no collar and police are now trying to

trace the owner. Sub-officer Mark Baxter of Stockton fire station said: " It

is one of the strangest things I have ever heard. By the time we arrived the

dog was on dry land and there were three common seals bobbing in the water

keeping an eye on him. "

 

Laura Glover, of the RSPCA, said: " The dog owes its life to the seal. "

 

Common seals were instinctively protective animals and, unlike grey seals,

rarely aggressive, said Dominic Waddell, an expert in seal behaviour and

senior aquarist at Scarborough's Sealife and Marine Sanctuary. He added:

" The seal might have seen the dog as something unusual which should not have

been in the water. They are highly inquisitive, it would circle the dog and

then push it to the river bank sensing it should be on land. "

 

He compared the rescue to dolphins guarding shark attack victims to keep

them from harm. " Whatever, it is an amazing story and shows how intelligent

seals are. "

 

 

 

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