Countryfile viewers were left sobbing after the bodies of dead baby seals was broadcast by the show.
Heartbroken viewers blasted the BBC countryside show for showing the bodies of baby seals that died in storms Brian and Ophelia earlier this year.
An investigation by the show appeared to suggest that more than 100 of the tagged baby seals had died when the two storms hit the island of Skomer but it was the scenes showing the bodies of some of those seals that viewers couldn’t cope with.
One tweeted: “Thanks #countryfile for all the dead vandalised baby seals. Really in the mood for #SCD now.”
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Another devastated viewer added: “Oh no! #skomer is stunning but those poor baby seals # #countryfile”
A third added: “#countryfile Oh all those seal pups killed by the storms, nature is so cruel sometimes”
“I just cried at countryfile I think it’s time for bed,” said a fourth viewer with another adding: “Oh no, not the baby seals,, #countryfile”
“#countryfile pretty horrific. Those poor seal pups,” said a sixth watcher.
Another viewer was so horrified by the scenes that they said they should not have been broadcast at all.
They wrote: “Even with a warning Images of dead seals re not appropriate…at this time #countryfile”
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However, other viewers insisted that the reality should be shown.
One tweeted: “There is never a good time to see dead seals but it’s life and sadly we must deal with it #Countryfile”