Fur seal found stranded on Australian farm
Published in Weird News
SYDNEY (UPI) -- A New Zealand fur seal was found stranded in the middle of an Australian farm, far from its home in the sea.
The seal was found stranded on Jellat Jellat farmland where Corrie Shepherd said she saw the confused sea animal waddling across the field.
"I thought that's a strange looking cow," she told Bega District News. He came out of the creek which makes sense.
Shepherd eventually contacted New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service who sent rangers and collaborated with Bega Valley Shire Council Rangers to relocate the seal to the Bega River.
Andrew Irvine, Sydney's Taronga Zoo unit supervisor of marine mammals, told the BBC seals occasionally become disoriented and wander onto dry land.
"It's always an unusual event but given that the population is quite good and stable at the moment...It's not unheard of," he said. We've been fortunate to see good increases in New Zealand fur seal populations throughout Australia.
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