Volunteers criticise jet-skiers for ‘harassing’ seals resting on shoreline
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A volunteer group has criticised jet-skiers for “harassing” a group of seals close to the shoreline, where the animals are trying to keep warm while their new coats grow. Friends of Horsey Seals received a report of two jet-skis hurtling past around 200 grey seals at Horsey Beach in Norfolk on Monday afternoon, panicking the marine mammals. “More importantly when the grey seal’s annual moult ends in the next few weeks, the common seal’s pupping season begins, and many heavily pregnant common seals will come ashore and rest among the grey seals. “Disturbing them at this time risks them aborting their pups.” Norfolk Police said it had received a report of jet-skis being used in the water near the seals at Horsey, and that inquiries are ongoing.
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