Fishing Line Cuts Into Seal's Neck
Many of our seals are entangled in nothing but one strain of fishing line, knotted together to form a loop. This tiny piece of plastic is strong enough to cut deep into an animal's flesh, strong enough to stop the animal from eating, and at some point even breathing. Fishing line and fishing knots are designed to withhold immense pressure.
The knot can be our only indication if a seal is entangled or not, it often forms a visible tag we can detect with our spotting scope and binoculars from far away. Once we catch the seal, we always look for the knot first because we cannot simply pull the knot out of the animals wound without causing a lot more pain and injury, even if we have to turn the animal around, especially when the knot is deeply embedded in the seal's entanglement wound.
For this reason, we have more than one zipper on our rescue net, to have access from multiple sides.
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