Seal to be set free after stroll through Tasmanian town

The 200kg mammal had to be tranquillised after climbing on to a car in suburban Launceston

A giant fur seal that spent Boxing Day wandering suburban Tasmania's streets will be released back into the wild.

Police, and parks and sildlife officers spent much of Monday morning trying to capture the seal, which took a stroll along the streets in Newstead, Launceston - at one point managing to climb on to a car.