Billy the Seal, Victoria Park, Cardiff.jpg
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English: Billy the Seal, Victoria Park, Cardiff The paddling pool (drained for the winter) is behind this monument to the famous Billy the Seal Billy was accidentally caught in fishing nets in 1912 and was "re-homed" in Victoria park. When the area flooded in 1927 he temporarily escaped and tried to board a tram. When he died in 1939 "he" was found to be a "she". |
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| Source | From geograph.org.uk |
| Author | Tony Hodge |
| Attribution (required by the licence) | Tony Hodge / Billy the Seal, Victoria Park, Cardiff / |
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This image was taken from the Geograph GB & Eire project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Tony Hodge, and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 license.
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| current | 20:45, 9 March 2008 | | 640 × 480 (173 KB) | wikimediacommons>Seth Whales | {{Information |Description= Bill the Seal, Cardiff, Wales |Source= Geograph British Isles [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/275804 original image] |Date= 9 November 2006 |Author= Tony Hodge [http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/8218 Profile at Geograph web |
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