This is the heartwarming moment a baby seal being strangled by a plastic fishing line is cut free by two kayakers. Baby seal is rescued by two kayakers who cut off a plastic fishing line that was wound around its neckOne held the bleeding seal while the second cut the fishing line away in Walvis Bay, NamibiaGoPro footage caught the incredible rescue, which also showed the pup's bleeding eye. Schalk Louw, who helped rescue the distressed seal, said: 'We spotted this Cape fur seal pup in the water with a line around its neck. A four-month-old seal pup was also filmed sitting playfully on top of a yellow kayak. There are estimated to be around two million Cape fur seals in Namibia, which live in large colonies that settle along the country's beaches.

Source: Daily Mail May 22, 2019 17:50 UTC