In this quick-start rescue, Naude and Denzil identified a large female seal that was horribly cut but a piece of fishing line. They saw her while driving, so had to be fast as possible to start the rescue. Naude raced ahead with the net, and managed to get her as she made her way to the water. From above there was no visible wound, but they could see she was hurt while she was running. Once the lines were cut, they opted to release her without pulling out the lines first. She popped out of the net and all the lines stayed behind. The plan worked out great. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

Just after sunrise, Naude and Antoine from Ocean Conservation Namibia came across this young male Cape Fur Seal entangled in discarded commercial fishing line. Catching him was a little bit of a challenge as he was in the middle of a dense group of running seals. Naude managed to grab him by hand, and with the help of Antoine they could cut him free. Luckily for this pup it was quite a recent entanglement and it hadn't cut into him yet. At this age the seals grow extremely quickly, and once the lines start to cut into their skin it can lead to death in a matter of a few weeks. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

This high speed rescue took place at Cape Cross, Namibia in October this year. On this day the Ocean Conservation Namibia team managed to catch and disentangle a total of 21 seals! This was a phenomenal number, but sadly also highlights how bad the situation is up there.... This particular seal was number 13 for the day, and seemed to have gotten himself stuck in a discarded plastic packaging strap. He had a bad cut from it, but it seemed fresh and without serious infection, so the animal should be able to make a swift and full recovery. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

In almost all seal rescues done by Ocean Conservation Namibia, the standard reaction of the rescued seals is to run off to the ocean at full speed once they're released. Every once in a while we find one that seems to show some sort of appreciation and it always a very welcome surprise. This seal pup was stuck in a loop of very tight, thick commercial fishing line. When Naude tried to catch him by hand he was extremely aggressive, trying to turn around and bite him all the time. Once the lines were cut, the seal hung back, turned around even and made no attempt to race off. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

Thank you for watching. Naude and Antoine from Ocean Conservation Namibia managed to save this seal from certain death by freeing him from an old rope most likely lost at sea by a fishing boat. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

The mystery is finally solved! Over the last few weeks, Naude and Denzil have rescues 2 seals with what they thought were stingray spikes sticking out of their necks. A little while ago they came across this guy on the beach, and they finally had an answer. This young male cape fur seal had a complete young St. Joseph Shark hanging from his neck! The St. Joseph shark is a member of the chimera family, and is very similar the the ratfish found in the United States. The shark has a large poisonous barb extending through its dorsal fin, and it is this thats getting stuck in the seals. The fur seals don't usually hunt this species, but because of the big die-off of seals we had due to starvation, the seals are getting desperate and targeting fish they would not usually for. While trying to break up the sharks into bite size chunks on the surface, they are getting "spiked", and because of the one-way bards on those spikes, they often break off and stay there. As soon as this seal was freed to proceeded to catch a much bigger seal in their net. This seal was stuck in thick commercial fishing line, but luckily was freed by the rescuers. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

This video took place in August this year, just after Naude was bitten by a seal. He had stitches in his arm and could not participate in the rescue. Luckily the poor young Cape Fur Seal was in the Capable hands of Denzil and Antoine, and could live to the the story. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

Thank you for watching our videos. We hope to raise as much awareness for ocean pollution as possible. By watching and sharing our seal rescues, you are helping our seals and our oceans. To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

In June this year, Naude and Antoine came across this young entangled seal at Pelican Point, Namibia. The young female seal appeared to have what looked like a bright orange vegetable bag around her face. Due to the large amount of shipping around Walvis Bay, both fishing and commercial - there is also a large amount of ship borne trash that makes its way into the oceans. This unfortunate seal was the unlucky victim of a needless act of dumping rubbish illegally overboard. She was easily caught by the rescuers and the netting removed. She was not in mortal danger, but this does not change the fact that the trash should not have been there in the first place! To find out more about our work, please like, comment, share and subscribe to our videos and visit: https://www.ocnamibia.org/ https://gogetfunding.com/Seal/ https://www.patreon.com/OCN Merchandise now available at: https://teespring.com/stores/ocean-conservation-namibia https://twitter.com/NamibiaOcean https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia