It's hard to imagine how a few grams of soft cling wrap can harm a big seal. It seems almost like an unfortunate and unlikely freak accident, but we have come across this type of entanglement too often to agree to that. While it is easy to poke a hole into cling wrap and break it apart, its strength becomes apparent when you roll it up and try to slowly tear it: it's nearly impossible. Now imagine being a seal, and your neck is stuck in a loop of this type of plastic. You have no hands to remove it, you cannot reverse out of it because it is already too tight and is already stuck in your pelt. Your skin is not strong enough, and your growth is too slow to break the plastic. As the days and weeks go by, your ability to breathe and eat gets diminished. You have no other option except wait and feel which cause of death will bring the final relief: starvation or suffocation. Plastic kills. 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 available at: https://ocnamibia.myspreadshop.com/ https://twitter.com/OCNamibia https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

The OCN rescuers call this approach the "blind entry". The seals are close to the water, but over a ridge: the rescuers cannot seem them properly. They do not know what is waiting for them, they are on high alert. It has become a very sad reality that we see more and more entanglements and the rescuers know from experience that they will find at least one or two entangled animals in such a big group. Even if they lose sight of the original target, another animal will be in need of a rescue. Their instincts have proved them right, a few moments later, they remove recreational fishing line and a plastic packing strap loop from two different seals. 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 available at: https://ocnamibia.myspreadshop.com/ https://twitter.com/OCNamibia https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

Once again, two seals are gagged by and wrapped up in fishing line. Once again, the OCN rescuers have to capture two entangled seals and pull fishing line out of their flesh - fishing line that was intended to kill a different kind of species, in this case Snoek. Once again, two seals are scared to death when a bunch of human beings pin them down to the sandy floor and remove a piece of fishing line out of their very painful wounds. It is not fun to scare animals. It is not fun to hurt vulnerable seals, even if it is for their own benefit. Please help OCN and all marine animals to end this madness and reconsider your personal fish consumption. Without a thriving fishing industry, at least we would not add more potential entanglements to the current heap of ocean rubbish. 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 available at: https://ocnamibia.myspreadshop.com/ https://twitter.com/OCNamibia https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia

A horrible sight for the rescuers - a piece of rope has choked a seal to the point where his head had doubled or possibly trippled in size. He could barely walk as the rescuers approached him. Naude suspects that the rope did not come from a boat but was rather left behind by beach goers, possibly to tie up a tent or gazebo. Namibia's beaches are a popular hangout spot for families. But anglers are not off the hook - most beach goers take their tackle box along to try and catch some fish - in which case the rope could still be linked to fishing after all. We do sometimes wonder if we would be out of rescue work if there was no fishing industry. 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 available at: https://ocnamibia.myspreadshop.com/ https://twitter.com/OCNamibia https://www.instagram.com/oceanconservationnamibia/ https://www.facebook.com/OCNamibia