Harrowing footage shows seal struggling to move due to plastic sheeting wrapped around its neck

Heartbreaking images show an exhausted seal with plastic sheeting wrapped so tightly around its neck it was slowly choking to death.

The terrified male was found on the rocks by St Mary’s Lighthouse off the coast of Whitley Bay, by mum Vicki Sinclair.

The 37-year-old raised the alarm after spotting the seal fighting for breath after the heavy tarpaulin became tangled around its neck.

Harrowing footage shows the seal struggling to move across the rocks after it was spotted last Wednesday (20/4).

The mum-of-three, from Killingworth, Tyneside, managed to move the seal off the rocks to prevent it from drowning.

However, she was unable to remove the plastic from its neck and called the British Divers Marine Life Rescue charity.