Stressed-out seal dies after biting woman in Cape Town

People were throwing rocks at seal and getting dogs to attack it to get footage of it chasing them, says deputy mayor

Officials in Cape Town have urged beachgoers to leave seals alone after one of the animals bit a woman and later died of stress following “days of repeated harassment”.

The woman was taken to a local hospital and treated for a bite wound after the attack late on Wednesday on the popular Strand Beach, southeast of the South African city.