{"id":507577,"date":"2026-07-03T08:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507577\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:11:10","slug":"australian-officials-ask-fans-to-respect-the-privacy-of-neil-a-1-ton-seal-who-respects-nothing-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507577\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a 1-ton seal who respects nothing &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxNdUdiMUEyVVVweGhLQ1JzOExleGNGM2I5Q1Z0UXhqa3Blbm1mcjg1MEhlNGlXSVFEZmFSTXh1aHl3R1JKeDBLOUZ3NngybmVvcXkwZ091dERPeUxvaTlFQ2tSSzlpWWxBaGF0bHNrRTR5QkszRS1DTldFYm5XcWNMTWRBNTgzd3NWMW9TTGxDbzhwYy1MXzFIczl4dmlTOEVlU2RURmJ3MkEzNW9waEhJY3k1NW1lUVFPNk1pOVAyckFiMGFlYVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a 1-ton seal who respects nothing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQZlFFNWN0aG10ZU5FcGZfbjJSWWpXTVgtblRrM2RvNFY5S2hIMUhCc2U2WHJkOFZSN3puMXZ3bUtLNkpEcS1FRjlTemNTelkzLVBlcVYwMGw1dnNIYWwtTm4td2lDc2dKMVB0bm9fNGFSZWhnS3pWejltcTUtUEpEZzByV1dDTG11eWpQN3UxdXVsSF9UR1ZkRnFwRmVacnF5YndSVDhEQVFtYkhL?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tasmanians warned of \u2018loving Neil to death\u2019 as 1,000kg seal\u2019s antics feed \u2018double-edged sword\u2019 of fame<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQanRuM2lQbTV5SUlNcXpJb3lvMkZ3RkpMRFFRS1p3TTNTcDA4T2tLdzhvdWdCdW82cVBLTHlTUzNCSVNRYmNvSnZpb3pmZzluc2xiN05pdHlheFR4REIyRGtUakVCOUl0ZGdOSGNvVEY5dnBmSHlheEdQaURQaFlmMnk4aGc1RC14enhOVXZfeUNLTlFlLTF2VUM1bVJfeEFKNVhNLTRNR0d3NWFOLXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil the seal&#8217;s celebrity status putting him at risk, authorities warn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQQkJLOVU0YUFyNlowUmNMYVdOc2Q4Z0VhYW1nQzhRNlVvVUtrUHZyNXl5Qzh4UjdTTkZPRENFZm5ZQ2dYRGUxZm5xcEZrQm9rWjQ1TWNYOEhXbzF2ajlPZXp0N1VMWGtKUGdiaklUYTBMVHBYTEZBUzJCdXQxcldDRU1yYk9rdnFzM1lTV05GeEhDdzFVdEkwWGtadUk1V0k0YVgxdV9nNW1TdzVI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A 1,000kg mammal is wreaking havoc in Tasmania \u2013 and Neil the seal is loved for it<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5AFBVV95cUxPaGZrZUczRDc4RlVfMVdTNm9fVTA4bnZUbWpMcUl2dlZYWk0tMkYtNTg1TTZQem1QTmhFRlNmS0tVYXVDcFJqOGx2c1FGUEp3N05MS0psSWJQRXN4TDRJc1MwV1ZGb2FEUld6TGhSYlUzMVpya2hYWl9oaXJXMmZNc29lZWRpM0pDVVl1VDBsMHVsenE1dVFtbUsxaWgtY0NhVllhTUo0Skg0MjdTVEowbVo0VXFTQ2RxeXZsQXNSX3pMbjhSa2VfMHZFRGo4azZlU0NJdjN6ZS1lcE9XOWZqTlFBMFY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil the seal is back, terrorising Tasmania\u2019s coastal communities. Everyone leave him alone! | First Dog on the Moon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a 1-ton seal who respects nothing&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffTasmanians warned of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1763,111,43,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-507577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-article","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}