Seal FREED from safety hat entanglement

On 25 July, Naude and Antoine from Ocean Conservation Namibia (www.ocnamibia.org) had a short break in the stormy Namibian weather for a quick seal patrol. They had about one hour at the Cape Fur Seal colony at Pelican Point before the wind turned too hot and dusty to continue. The seals tend to head into the water to cool down during this kind of weather. The activists still managed to catch and release 4 entangled seals.
The first one was a young female pup bound in a thin line which was cutting quite deep into his neck. They managed to restrain him and cut him free without too much of a struggle.
The next 2 rescues were done simultaneously. Naude spotted a young male with the inner strap from a workman’s hard hat around his neck. There was no damage yet, but this was severely restricting his movement and would have had severe consequences for him. At the same time they spotted another female pup with fishing line around his neck, which Antoine caught and was joined by Naude to cut him free.
The last pup was a 1 and a half year old very strong male that was caught up in a small piece of gill net. The net had severely cut into his skin, which had mostly regrown over the line. It took them a while to carefully cut free and carefully pull out the lines before letting him go.
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