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A seal is fighting for its life after becoming enmeshed in 10ft of plastic netting and rope.

The young adult grey seal was found on Monday with an infected wound which goes nearly all the way around its neck.

Volunteers rescued the animal from a beach at Horsey, about 13 miles north of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Members of the Friends of Horsey Seals charity took it to be treated at the RSPCA's East Winch Wildlife Centre, near Kings Lynn.

The mammal was emaciated and staff at the centre were worried it would not make it through the night due to the severity of its injuries.

"This is a horrendous injury and the poor seal has been fighting for his life," Alison Charles, the manager at East Winch said.

"He's extremely emaciated - probably half the weight he should be.

"When he arrived here, he was exhausted and wouldn't move.

"We didn't think he would make it through the night."

She said after the seal had the nylon netting removed from its neck, they treated it with antibiotics and pain relief which appears to have helped.

"He has even started eating again," Ms Charles said. "Though we're taking it one step at a time."

The seal is being floated in a salt bath every day to help its neck injury.

So far this year the RSPCA centre has treated four seals injured by plastic discarded into the sea.

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One of them, which the centre has called Mrs Frisbee, had a circular plastic disc stuck around its neck.

It was nursed back to health and released into the sea in February.

"Sadly, this seems to be part of the more widespread problem of plastic in the sea which has been highlighted recently," said Ms Charles.

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