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A young seal had made its home in the Willebroek Canal, which connects Brussels with the River Scheldt. The animal had wandered inland alone. Volunteers caught it and then brought it to a rehabilitation center.
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The seal pup rescued in Vilvoorde on Saturday had gotten lost due to a "simple navigation error," according to marine biologist Jan Haelters of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
In Vilvoorde, in Flemish Brabant, a young seal was captured last weekend and transferred to the Sea Life rescue center in Blankenberge. The animal had been swimming around in the canal towards Brussels for weeks, exceptionally far inland. According to the caretakers, the pup became weakened because curious people constantly approached him.
A young seal was rescued on Saturday in the Brussels Canal, at the Waterski Paradise Waterskiing Centre in Vilvorde. The young seal rescued on Saturday in the Brussels Canal, at Vilvorde, was found also far inland following a simple navigational error, explains to Belga marine scientist Jan Haelters, of the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium (IRSNB). ■Reporting of Rémy Rucquoi and Nicolas Scheenaerts The animal had been seen in Antwe…
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