Plastic-trapped seal freed after months-long mission

A fur seal entangled in a plastic ring has been freed by NSW National Parks and Wildlife staff. (HANDOUT/NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SERVICE)

An Australian fur seal that spent months with a ring caught on its neck has been freed from its plastic constraint.

Residents of Narooma, a small town on the south coast of NSW known for its seal population, reported the pinniped's plight to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.