Far from home: farmer in South Australia finds baby seal in wheat crop 3km from ocean

Ty Kayden put tiny little three-foot seal' in his ute and drove it to a beach where he released it back into the sea

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A South Australian farmer has released a baby seal back into the ocean after finding it in a wheat crop on a farm near Cowell on the Eyre Peninsula.

Farmer Ty Kayden was called by his neighbour on Thursday morning, who said he had found a seal on his driveway, 3km inland from the sea.