The video shows him throwing a stone at the seal and then appearing to taunt it, trying to scare it
A video has captured the moment a man hurled stones at a defenceless little seal on a beach as it struggled to get away.
The heart-breaking clip was posted to Youtube and shows the offender throwing a rock at the seal and continuously approaching it before the seal attempts to warn him away. Police are appealing for information to locate the offender who was filmed by a local woman at a beach near the Great Orme in Llandudno.
In the footage, the woman can repeatedly be he heard shouting down to the beach at the man to leave the seal alone, however he continues to approach it.. The seal is clearly distressed by the man's aggressive behaviour but is struggling to get away, WalesOnline reports. The seal then responds by clearly trying to warn the man off, but he then throws rocks at it before it swims back into the sea. North Wales Police’s rural crime team has posted on social media confirming the force is conducting enquiries into the incident.
In a statement the force said: “A recently uploaded Youtube video features footage of a male approaching a lone grey seal on a beach near the Great Orme in Llandudno. The animal is clearly distressed in the clip, during which the male is seen throwing a rock towards it."
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