A team of medics tending to a seal have been verbally abused in Northumberland.
The team were tending to a seal that had been chased by an out-of-control dog at Druridge Bay when they were faced with abusive language by the same people who were allegedly abusing the seal. It is part of a wider spate of incidents across the UK according to wildlife charity British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR).
The charity also received reports of violence against deals in Essex, Norfolk, Kent and Yorkshire. On Good Friday, there were five incidents reported to BDMLR before lunch time, the most it has ever had in such a short space of time.
