Fishing hook stuck in Tama-chan's face gone

Fishing hook stuck in Tama-chan's face gone

ASAKA, Japan - A seal believed to be the popular ''Tama-chan'' appeared again May 11 in the Ara River in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, but without the fishing hook that had been embedded in the right eye for about a week.

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