Young seals injured and face death with beach toy rings stuck around their necks, prompting campaign
Wildlife rescue volunteers are urging people to stop buying toy flying rings as they are finding young seals with them stuck around their necks and say some have died as a result.
Welfare charity RSPCA said it was a widespread problem, and could cost up to £15,000 to treat an injured seal.Swansea council is due to discuss what action it can take to help support the campaign at a meeting next month. Mr Richards wants people to stop buying the plastic rings and to use the "solid traditional disk frisbee instead".A large number of rings have been found discarded on Rhossili beach aloneRehabilitating a seal requires a costly and "long, long period of wound management" with antibiotics and painkillers, according to senior wildlife officer Geoff Edmond.
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