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Wales Online
12 hours ago
- General
- Wales Online
Clawed carcass on Anglesey beach leaves one person asking if a 'tiger' had washed up
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Beachgoers were left stunned after finding a large clawed carcass on an Anglesey beach. The discovery was made this morning on Traeth Lleiniog at Llangoed, near Beaumaris. They initially noticed the bones of the carcass. They then saw the long claws on the animal that had perished, ruling out the possibility it was the carcass of any local livestock. A local resident sent pictures to North Wales Live, saying it "not joking, it looks like tiger or some other type of big cat". North Wales Live contacted local sealife expert Frankie Hobro, who owns Anglesey Sea Zoo in Brynsiencyn. She was able to explain what the group had come across. Join the North Wales Live WhatsApp community group where you can get the latest stories delivered straight to your phone (Image: Andrew Harkiss) She said: "This is an easy one and actually it isn't land based. This is definitely the carcass of a seal, almost definitely a grey seal from the patches of skin colour and remnants of fur and also from what I can tell of the size of, although this is more tricky to estimate without a scale. "They do indeed have very impressive claws as this shows - very useful for hauling themselves out of the water over slippery seaweed-covered rocks. (Image: Andrew Harkiss) "They also have extremely impressive teeth but it looks as if the jaw is either not present or not distinguishable on this carcass - possibly just the angle from which the photograph is taken. "Grey seal jaws are seriously impressive, very comparable to the jaw of an Alsatian dog, but with the teeth pointing more backwards into the mouth. "All in all an adult grey seal is a force to be reckoned with and demands the utmost respect. These big 'sea dogs' are common in large numbers around our coasts here but they should not be approached even when they looked benign, and in fact it is illegal to deliberately disturbed a herd of seals when they are hauled out." Sign up for the North Wales Live newsletter sent twice daily to your inbox
North Wales Live
14 hours ago
- General
- North Wales Live
Clawed carcass on Anglesey beach leaves one person asking if a 'tiger' had washed up
Beachgoers were left stunned after finding a large clawed carcass on an Anglesey beach. The discovery was made this morning on Traeth Lleniog at Llangoed, near Beaumaris. They initially noticed the bones of the carcass. They then saw the long claws on the animal that had perished, ruling out the possibility it was the carcass of any local livestock. A local resident sent pictures to North Wales Live, saying it "not joking, it looks like tiger or some other type of big cat". North Wales Live contacted local sealife expert Frankie Hobro, who owns Anglesey Sea Zoo in Brynsiencyn. She was able to explain what the group had come across. Join the North Wales Live She said: "This is an easy one and actually it isn't land based. This is definitely the carcass of a seal, almost definitely a grey seal from the patches of skin colour and remnants of fur and also from what I can tell of the size of, although this is more tricky to estimate without a scale. "They do indeed have very impressive claws as this shows - very useful for hauling themselves out of the water over slippery seaweed-covered rocks. "They also have extremely impressive teeth but it looks as if the jaw is either not present or not distinguishable on this carcass - possibly just the angle from which the photograph is taken. "Grey seal jaws are seriously impressive, very comparable to the jaw of an Alsatian dog, but with the teeth pointing more backwards into the mouth. "All in all an adult grey seal is a force to be reckoned with and demands the utmost respect. These big 'sea dogs' are common in large numbers around our coasts here but they should not be approached even when they looked benign, and in fact it is illegal to deliberately disturbed a herd of seals when they are hauled out."
BBC News
25-03-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Kemp's ridley sea turtle stranded in Wales after Donald Trump aid freeze
A rare turtle stranded on the Welsh coast faces an unexpected obstacle to getting home - US President Donald washed up on Anglesey at the end of 2023 and has been slowly nursed back to Kemp's ridley sea turtle is now fighting fit, and Anglesey Sea Zoo said Rhossi was ready to be released back into the wild off the coast of the executive orders signed in the White House means international marine turtle conservation work is on hold for now, leaving Rhossi in limbo. Kemp's ridley turtles are critically endangered, with only about 7,000 females thought to are native to the Gulf of Mexico, or Gulf of America as it is now known in the US, and must be released back into those waters. In January, President Trump pressed pause on all foreign development assistance for at least three response, the federal conservation body, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), froze funding for several organisations, ordering some of the work it oversees to included the work of the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund, which along with the wildlife service and other agencies, had been the key contacts for getting Rhossi home and then released into the Gulf of in February, more than 400 employees at the USFWS lost their jobs as part of President Trump's efforts to shrink the size of the federal government's suggests cutting government spending has widespread support in the US. Rhossi is the second Kemp's ridley sea turtle Anglesey Sea Zoo has rescued, successfully repatriating one called Tally to Texas before it was released back into the wild in 2023."It is a huge problem - it's very frustrating," said Frankie Hobro, the owner and director of Anglesey Sea Zoo."Animal species don't understand politics, they don't understand boundaries and borders."We'd started to get a really successful repatriation regime in place."We thought we had things so they were running quite smoothly. We were going to fine-tune the process for future turtles."It's very, very frustrating that's been put on hold now really because of politics and this kind of sweeping decision and the far reaching affect it is having way beyond the states." The former director of USFWS said the impact on conservation projects was "heartbreaking"."I didn't expect this administration to necessarily be friendly towards conservation. I have been surprised at the speed and the degree to which they have undermined decades of goodwill and work in the conservation sphere," said Martha was the political pick to run the agency for four years under President Joe Biden, stepping down when Trump started his second term in the White House."International work involved so little money, you know in the big scheme of things, small grants with enormous impact - enormous impact to communities."She described the cuts to promised funding for projects such as marine turtle conservation as "cruel".But where does all this leave Rhossi?Ms Williams said the message was "don't give up"."Speak out - tell the stories, explain why this work is so important, and that it does impact people in a positive way," she said. Ms Hobro said she believed the zoo would find a way to get the turtle back as yet, they do not know when."We do have other options. We have the option possibly of working through Mexico, which is something we could do in the future and for future turtles," she said."But that would be a shame because we've got these great relationships with these wonderful whole conservation programmes for the species in Texas and the people we've been working with."It's a matter of finding out how long it's going to be on hold for and making a decision as to whether we can still push that through or whether we have to restart from a different angle."The US Fish and Wildlife Service has been approached for comment.
