{"id":135335,"date":"2024-02-12T21:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-once-threatened-grey-seal-is-thriving-on-uk-coast\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T21:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:00:14","slug":"how-the-once-threatened-grey-seal-is-thriving-on-uk-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-once-threatened-grey-seal-is-thriving-on-uk-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"How the once threatened grey seal is thriving on UK coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Q4x3WJ8Yw40\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How the once threatened grey seal is thriving on UK coast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q4x3WJ8Yw40\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>They were once threatened with extinction, but the decline of the grey seal in the UK has largely been reversed.<\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>And now for the first time in two decades a brand new colony has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Usually seals return to exactly where they were born, to give birth to their pups.<\/p>\n<p>But three years ago seals started to appear at the Orford Ness nature reserve in Suffolk.<\/p>\n<p>And now &#8211; after they kept returning &#8211; the former military testing site has officially become Britain&#8217;s newest seal colony.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They were once threatened with extinction, but the decline of the grey seal in the UK has largely been reversed. 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