A woman was punched in the face by a group of teenagers after she stepped in to try and stop them torturing a baby seal to death.
Sarah Tough attempted to chase off a gang teenagers she found trying to bury the little seal alive on Crimond Beach, County Durham, this week. However, they turned on her and she was punched so hard in the face that her nose piercing punctured her septum.
Sharing a photo of her bleeding nose on social media, Sarah wrote: "Got punched in the nose by some little smack head because him and his pals were torturing a baby seal on Crimdon Beach, rolling him around and burying it in the sand, letting their dog on it.
"Told them to 'fuck off or I'd call the police' and he punched me."
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Jesus wept. Who would do something like this?
Although she was attacked, it seems that her actions were enough to save the life of the seal. she added: "RSPCA got there in record time and gave him some food. He's fine but very scared and exhausted. I took one for the seal team."
She also uploaded a photo of the cute seal.
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She said: "I saw a group of about eight of them, all about college age, and just reacted. The seal was trying to slide away from them and they were blocking it and rolling it over.
"They had lurcher dogs with them and were trying to set them on it. I went over and said some choice words to them and told them to stop. One of them basically asked who I thought I was talking to and punched me in the nose.
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"I have a nose piercing and the punch meant that my piercing punctured my septum. The rest of them started to laugh when I was hit.
"Luckily it's not broken but there was a lot of blood and it was like a searing hot pain. It's still sore now. I'm not so worried about myself though, I'm just glad the seal is safe."
Nice work, Sarah. Let's hope the police catch up with the guy who thinks it's OK to punch women and try to kill seals, eh?
Topics: Attack