A few months bag, Antoine and Naude were joined by Naude's sister Lindi who was documenting the day out on patrol at Pelican Point. They caught 6 seals for the day, and the one in the video was the 3rd for the morning. They saw this little guy from quite far off, wearing his bring plastic collar. Whenever it is sunny out there, entanglements like this stand out much better, and makes the animals easier to see. After sneaking up on him, Naude managed to grab the little Cape Fur Seal by hand, but asked Antoine to put the net over him because he was a lot stronger than anticipated. It was a quick move to cut loose the entanglement. The material was clearly the handle part of a single use plastic shopping bag, and although it probably would not have been fatal for the seal, it surely didn't belong around his neck! 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 time of year, the seal groupings at Pelican Point start to change, as the animals spread out further down the coast, forming more, but smaller groups. This particular group was about 2km south of where the seals usually start, and Naude and Denzil immediately noticed this big fellow as they drove past. They could see he was thin, and could also see why - he had a loop of thick fishing line cutting deep into his chest, and must have been causing massive discomfort. The quickly managed to get him into the net, as he was not very fast. The line was removed and this little act surely would have saved his life. 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

Naude and Denzil are hoping to catch 2 seals at once, while on a kayak seal patrol at Pelican Point, Namibia. Naude went after the first one and managed to catch the pup by hand. This little guy was stuck in a thick rubber gasket that he must have picked up underwater somewhere. Although it was very tight, it had not caused any damage yet. At the same time Denzil had managed to secure a second slightly bigger seal in the net. This girl had a white string around her neck, and it had caused a very deep cut. In order to free the string properly, they had to take her head out of the net completely, and avoid getting bitten at the same time. Luckily her wound was quite clean, and she should make a swift 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

Watch as the OCN team saves a young Seal at Cape Cross in Namibia, from a life threatening entanglement of fishing line with old hooks in it. 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

Join Naude and Denzil from Ocean Conservation Namibia on this high speed chase to save this mother seal. They spotted her from far with binoculars, and noticed she was very entangled in some pink recreational fishing line. This line was wrapped around her neck and waist, and had to come off urgently as it would surely lead to a nasty injury very soon. As soon as they got her secured in the net it was quick work to cut her free and let her run off to join her pup waiting in the water 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 this rescue, the OCN team came across 2 entangled seal pups right next to the walkway and parking lot of Cape Cross, one of the largest seal colonies in the world. They prioritised the first one, and went after after him with their specially built net. They were hoping that while they were busy, Likius would keep an eye out on the second one. As soon as they were done with number 1, they took a little while to spot the second one. As they started running for him, Denzil noticed a third and went of to grab him, while Naude and Francois attended number 2. Once done with number 2, they could help the third one who had a particularly bad cut around his neck and chest. All three of these pups were entangled in discarded recreational fishing line. Sadly right now there is no viable alternative to this type of fishing line.... 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 little female seal pup was saved from a simple discarded piece of thin, white string. Naude, Denzil and Antoine were on an entanglement patrol at Pelican Point, and saw this little Cape Fur Seal from a distance. In a group of seals lying on the beach, it can be tough to see such a thin piece of line, so for this reason the team spends literally hours behind their binoculars each day, slowly scanning from one group to another. Once spotted, they decided that the seal was very close to the water, and they needed to stalk her slowly as possible, to get near enough to catch her before she could escape. Antoine was the fastest, and after quite a bit of dancing between other seals, he managed to grab her as she entered the water. Once he pinned her down, Naude could cut the thin line and she could return to the rest of the group waiting in the water. 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 seal rescue at Pelican Point happened very fast. Naude and Denzil from Ocean Conservation Namibia saw a big bundle of fishing line sticking out above a group of sleeping pups. They had no idea how big the seal was that it was attached to, but knew there was one in there that needed their help. They ran in and came across this pup with an entire roll of fishing line around his neck. The roll must have been quite recent, as it was not very tight and had not caused any damage yet. They managed to get the roll of his head without having to cut it, which is great because it reduces the rescue time, and stress to the animal. This is a complete, new roll of line that must have been accidentally lost overboard from one of the local fishing boats. It could also be that an entire box of these lines was lost, as this is the 6th roll of it's kind that OCN has removed from seals in the last 5 months. 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

Naude and Denzil were on patrol at Pelican Point, Namibia, and came across this very large female seal with some fishing line around her neck. The OCN rescuers were lucky because she was quite far away from the beach, so they had a much better chance of getting her in the net. After a long chase and a few attempts, they finally got her in the net and managed to restrain her. The managed to cut the line off quite easily, and were happy to see that there was minimal damage to her. This is great news, as this thin type of fishing line usually starts to cut into the animals skin very quickly, and will lead to a slow and painful death. She was lucky they found her:) 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