How a mystery disease almost wiped out the UK’s seal population
The disease almost entirely wiped out all seals from the UK (Picture: Shutterstock/Wirestock Creators)
A mystery disease almost wiped out seals entirely from the UK and scientists at the time had no idea why.
The tiny island of Anholt in the Baltic Sea was where the outbreak began in April 1988
But it soon started to spread to the Wadden Sea around Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands, where it killed 10,000 of them.
By August it was found off the coast of Norfolk where it claimed 6,000 victims.
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