Emerson the ‘real rascal’ elephant seal swims hundreds of kilometres back to Victoria

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Elephant seal makes ‘epic’ trek back after Canadian officials relocate him

Notorious for drawing large crowds, Emerson was removed by officials who were surprised to find him back in Victoria in a weekLast week, gun-wielding conservation officers stuffed a 500-lb elephant seal in the back of a van, drove him along a winding highway in western Canada and left him on a remote beach “far from human habitation”.The plan was to move the young seal far from British Columbia’s capital city, where over the last year, he has de…