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Mar. 02 Ken Jones: The man who saves the seas. Instrumental in the fight to save the lives of hundreds of baby seals washed up on the coasts of Cornwall, is 42 year old welsh cafe proprietor Ken Jones, of St. Agnes. Ken first became interested in seals in 1961, when he resound a aiok boby seal, receiving much publicity in the local press. When another young seal was washed up, Ken was asked to look after it - and in a short time it was healthy and released. And when one of the seals recovered, but was only one thing for it-he dug a pond in his front garden, and turned his some into a seal sanctuary. Since 1961, Ken has continued his work, releasing about a dozen healthy seals beck to the sea es year, and keeping in the pond those not fit to be free, and his sanctuary has become a popular tourist attraction visited by over 20, 000 people a year, And this winter has been the word ever for seals, for many are sick and dying form a mus trey virtue disease, Pasturella - which is affecting adult seals as well as pups - and Ken Jones is continuing his work, working harder than ever, in the hope to save a whole generation of seals from destruction. Ken Jones beside the pool in his Arden - at the moment four seals are living there
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