Seal Wounded By Fishing Line

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2 ай бұрын

While regular rescue patrols at the seal colonies at Pelican Point and Cape Cross enable us to find entangled animals before they are injured, the more remote seal colonies in other areas of Namibia are not so lucky. One tiny loop of recreational fishing line was enough to suffocate this gorgeous and otherwise healthy animal. While we are proud of our rescues, we do not see any significant changes to the underlying issue.
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@lindac6032 2 ай бұрын

Antoine said, "Here, here, here...!" and the seal ran right into the net! Thanks, team!👏

@CatherineWolf-nv6ou 2 ай бұрын

Tony, AKA, The Seal Whisperer.😊❤🦭

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@CTHou13 2 ай бұрын

If you cannot pick up a piece of plastic or trash on a beach - please donate so OCN can continue to save these beautiful creatures

@user-jc7jb3bu5s 2 ай бұрын

Not a fan of sea lions.

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

They are Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus). We call them 'seals' for short.

@luciebrisson5881 2 ай бұрын

It's so sad to see an animal suffer especially when it's preventable and caused by selfish and careless human behaviour. Thank you OCN for demonstrating the good side of humanity.

@juanitabolster2483 2 ай бұрын

What amazing rescues you guys do. The Sea Shepherds are also working hard all round the UK coast, diving for the discarded fishing nets and releasing any creatures that have been caught up in the nets. Such brave people, well done to you all. You are all HEROES. xxx

@user-dr7ty2nb7v 2 ай бұрын

Sea Shepherd’s…I like that! Great slogan for merch sales.🤗

@tgawron2233 2 ай бұрын

Thank you men for saving his life! You men are angels!

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

Our efforts are just a drop in the bucket compared to the millions of tonnes of trash entering the world's oceans every year. We are unfortunately not solving the problem, but only treating the symptoms of the plastic crisis with our rescues. These videos aim to show the consequences of this pollution and create a change to tackle its roots - namely our addiction to single-use plastics, the lack of law enforcement at sea, and the shortcomings of the recycling industry.

@carolleighton4579 2 ай бұрын

How lovely to see all those little puppies heading to the sea, glad you managed to spot the wounded seal in time. What kind of birds flew over? Nice to see. Thankyou OCN. 😥💝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

I do not remember exactly, but they look like gulls.

@posnrg2u327 2 ай бұрын

Heal fast and completely young girl. Sorry for the pain you have suffered. Thank to team OCN for rescuing you from your entanglement. ❤❤❤

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@hendriklurse6518 2 ай бұрын

Thank you my heroes for saving him ❤️ greetings to all 😊🙋🏼

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

👍

@carlavanherrewaarden6451 2 ай бұрын

🥰That's a lot of cute baby seals! The poor juvenile was in dire need of your help. Thank you for saving his life!✂️💕🦭

@roelien7779 2 ай бұрын

We notice how well behaved they are getting: even turning around and going to you! Great save OCN-TEAM

@lindac6032 2 ай бұрын

Love to see all those chubby healthy pups!😍

@AmericanPatriot-1776 2 ай бұрын

These baby pups will go through their early life with seal footprints on their backs, fortunately they roll with the punches. The one you rescued was borderline, but you got to him in time. So beautiful watching the huge flock of birds flying in the air over the seals. Nature at it finest. Thank you for the rescue.

@katarzynakazmierczak1490 2 ай бұрын

Dziękujemy za wszystko co robicie🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭❤🇵🇱

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

👍

@kareyreuben3869 2 ай бұрын

All those cute babies! Glad OCN rescued that youngster before it got a whole lot worse.

@lindamesa5122 2 ай бұрын

Poor little thing! So many adorable pups! Thanks guys!❤❤❤❤❤

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@DavidPerez-zs8im 2 ай бұрын

So amazing.. thank you All so much.. NYC one ❤ to you my Gs

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

👍

@juliesong4123 2 ай бұрын

A sea of pups, so sweet!!

@lucylee6982 2 ай бұрын

💗💗 Thank You OCN 💗💗

@alenahawke475 2 ай бұрын

Peace and love to everyone from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.🦭🙏❤️🇺🇲🇳🇦

@cathielamson4616 2 ай бұрын

Thank you👏👏💙💙

@elaborowiec3976 2 ай бұрын

Małe foki jak czarne kropki wśród szarych....piękne😂 Dziękujemu,że jesteście i mogą liczyć na Waszą pomoc❤🇵🇱👋

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

👍

@debbiemcclure2874 2 ай бұрын

Ty OCN Team!!!! Tyfs God bless you

@user-lv3vk2jb8u 2 ай бұрын

Ваша любовь и забота о них бесконечна! Давайте не засорять нашу планету, нас много, а она у нас одна!

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@BabushkaBellissima 2 ай бұрын

СПАСИБО, вам ❤❤❤

@Kokeil39 2 ай бұрын

OCN, Ihr seid wirkliche Experten, aus so einer Masse Robben, den Richtigen von seiner heillosen gefährlichen Fessel zu finden und zu befreien.

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

Das ist eine Fähigkeit, von der wir uns wünschen, dass wir sie nie entwickeln müssten, aber leider sind wir inzwischen sehr erfahren.

@anitamccarthy8384 2 ай бұрын

All of you are Amazing. Thank You so much ❤❤😊

@amateurshooter6054 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Guys

@j4v4x 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for today's puppy fest! May they all grow big and strong and free from entanglements 🙏

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@abqresident4461 2 ай бұрын

TEARS OF JOY!!! Your love and compassion got us to the MAGIC 10K number in donations. In 1970 I participated in the original Earth Day. It seems inconceivable that in the last 54 years people, politicians, and corporations are still denying the damage we do to our planet and all of the living things upon it. Your small contribution will help rectify that denial. SAVE ONE SEAL, SAVE THE PLANET. OCN subs are SELFLESS!!! OCN heroes are LEGENDS!!! Thank you for your generosity. Love and hugs x10,000 from me in New Mexico USA

@gabrielasaldivia7923 2 ай бұрын

Another well behaved, chubby and sweet patient!

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@Mcat7101 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for saving this lovely (and helpful?😊) 'pup' and giving him/her their life back❤😊❤

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@LyndaDixon-tm7uz 2 ай бұрын

Oh my all those babies makes heart so happy 😊❤ thank you for today's adventure take care out there 😊❤

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@theheartland1861 2 ай бұрын

when seals need help, OCN is giving it their all. great rescue, and a much happier seal. thank you very much👍👍

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

👍

@Nina-vc8mo 2 ай бұрын

Сюди сюди милий котику ми тобі допоможемо дякую вам добрі люди ❤

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@tamerabouck764 2 ай бұрын

When you train them from birth, they learn to go right in the net! 😂😂😂 Team OCN❣️

@jchrystsheigh 2 ай бұрын

That seal was coming to Tony for help, it looked like! He dove straight into the net. Very well-behaved to get that horrible thing out of him. I think he's been watching OCN videos.

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@marieslabbert6009 2 ай бұрын

I am so glad to see so many baby seals. This one now has a chance to grow up to an adult. Thank you OCN!! 💦💙💙🌊

@EllenSchneider-tn1pu 2 ай бұрын

“You are not a puppy anymore” I thought that they were all “puppies” to Tony- except perhaps the Dock Boys and some of the Monday morning bulls 😅. Without that painful line digging into his shoulders while swimming this Juvie should be able to catch much more fish for dinner. Well done gentlemen (including Alan L)🦭🌊💙

@maeterith1984 Ай бұрын

Beautiful baby. And so sad that his/her first year of life is to be entangled, and suffering pain. Thanks chaps for saving him.

@ramblynrocketeer 2 ай бұрын

Healthy herd of seals 🦭🌍💛 Another great rescue OCN!! Sending Aloha from Kauai Hawaii

@dianeschwalm3855 2 ай бұрын

He heard you yell HERE, like he knew you’d save him. Oh my heart.

@haggielady 2 ай бұрын

Thanks guys.

@HoneyBadger-atwork 2 ай бұрын

Tony is training the pups to run right into his net 😂😂😂

@user-hn9og8lc1b 2 ай бұрын

🇺🇦❤️🙏Thank you very much Team OCN. Good job.

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

@J.M.67 2 ай бұрын

Gottseidank 🙏konntet ihr den kleinen 🦭Raker 💙❤💙 rechtzeitig von dieser elenden Angelschnur befrei. Vielen Dank OCN - Team! ❤💙❤

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

Unsere Bemühungen sind nur ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein im Vergleich zu den Millionen Tonnen Müll, die jedes Jahr in die Weltmeere gelangen. Leider lösen wir nicht das Problem, sondern behandeln mit unseren Rettungen lediglich die Symptome der Plastikkrise. Ziel dieser Videos ist es, die Folgen dieser Verschmutzung aufzuzeigen und einen Wandel herbeizuführen, um ihre Wurzeln anzugehen - nämlich unsere Sucht nach Einwegkunststoffen, die mangelnde Strafverfolgung auf See und die Mängel der Recyclingindustrie.

@imilcebarca842 Ай бұрын

Qué majo, estaba bien gordito. Ahora que disfrute de su vida como debería, sin enredos dolorosos. Gracias OCN

@marydurham5976 2 ай бұрын

OMGEEE!!!😍…. What A Cute Lil’ Chunky Monkey Lil’ Seal🦭!!!🤗😍😘… Sooo Happy You Save Him From Immense Suffering!!!🙏🤗😘… And All Adorable Lil’ Tiny Baby Seals!!!💖🤗🥰😘… Soooo Cuuuute!!!💖🤗😍😘🫠…. Thanks For Keeping’em Safe Guys!!!🙏🤗😘…. Soooo Much Love, Respect, Appreciation, & Admiration For All You Do At….. #OceanConservationNamibia!!🙏💙🇺🇸🌎

@esterfernandes5706 2 ай бұрын

Este lugar incrível pessoas incríveis ajudando estes fofos reclamoes

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

Os nossos esforços são apenas uma gota no oceano em comparação com os milhões de toneladas de lixo que entram nos oceanos do mundo todos os anos. Infelizmente não estamos resolvendo o problema, mas apenas tratando os sintomas da crise do plástico com nossos resgates. Estes vídeos pretendem mostrar as consequências desta poluição e criar uma mudança para enfrentar as suas raízes - nomeadamente a nossa dependência de plásticos descartáveis, a falta de aplicação da lei no mar e as deficiências da indústria de reciclagem.

@renatefeller5208 2 ай бұрын

Danke 💖

@suek.1507 2 ай бұрын

Love how persuasive you are, Tony. That little cutie automatically complied. ❤OCN

@paulwyleciol3459 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤ großartig!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

@cg6348 2 ай бұрын

🦭🌊💙 TY OCN!

@user-sx3ji7ne8n 2 ай бұрын

He nearly made it to the water! Lucky for him he didn’t! 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@nicklager1666 2 ай бұрын

Dang one is on the back of the truck and two on either side. This is some serious buisness from OCN.

@luthix3314 2 ай бұрын

A seal rescue tactical team!

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

😁

@geewill 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!! ❤❤❤ OCN!

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

👍

@grannybee 2 ай бұрын

Little buddy went to Antoine when he called "here, here, here." I'm at home saying "good boy" to puppy.

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

😁👍

@apveening 2 ай бұрын

Nice speed improvement.

@user-nc5wp7fu5k 2 ай бұрын

You are really brilliant wat you do for the seals bless you all for helping them ❤️ x

@KPWHU 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations on reaching US $10,000 on your fundraiser!

@echiax 2 ай бұрын

I just bought a shirt from you guys and am so happy I’m able to help support your rescues even with this small purchase! What you do is incredible, and whenever I’m having a bad day, I was a dozen of your videos to watch you save these beautiful animals and let them live out their lives in the sea pain free, and it brings me so much joy to see the work you all do. Thank you for being such amazing people

@porkysnature 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful opening this one!

@l.faraday8767 2 ай бұрын

It looked like the seal ran to you! 😂🇨🇦😂

@sonjabutzmann4890 2 ай бұрын

Maybe he realized that's the legendary HELP Team of which other seals told him.. 👋 from Germany...

@nothing-jg7fw 2 ай бұрын

"There you go puppy, h, you're not a puppy anymore". Tony you rock.

@C.Hawkshaw 2 ай бұрын

Look at all them healthy little whelps!

@beansngreens8006 2 ай бұрын

All those pups! Oh my ❤❤❤❤!

@pirkokruggel2672 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@markthompson9914 2 ай бұрын

“One of the most common” and the one that does the most damage. There’s one thing about my nets, they’re to smaller mesh to entangle a seal, and we don’t have any kind of problems like that with our colony of seals ✌️🇬🇧

@Dagmar_R Ай бұрын

I always wonder how you manage to detect the entanglements while you are running. Thank you so much!

@stephanieb7311 2 ай бұрын

Love watching your vids from Western Pennsylvania, USA.

@hollywoodjack6203 2 ай бұрын

Ho we go again! Great job as always.❤

@shermarkle 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤

@vivaldi1948 2 ай бұрын

The pup saw Tony and ran right into the net.

@finscreenname 2 ай бұрын

Great work as always folks!! 👍👍

@zaz4667 2 ай бұрын

That was an AWESOME save!

@FualngeeeMLBB 2 ай бұрын

Thanks❤

@Chicago_Clout 2 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@ponwajeechrans7372 2 ай бұрын

Poor baby

@sarahbarton4977 2 ай бұрын

Wow that’s sure is a lot of birds they saw you coming first

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂

@superdouge 2 ай бұрын

Great Job Team...

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

This is a skill we wish we never had to develop, but we are unfortunately very experienced by now.

@EuroWarsOrg 2 ай бұрын

Seal ran straight into the net like he knew. Gotta wonder what impact disturbing the entire colony has with all those young pups?

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

We would not be using these tactics if some animals were indeed getting crushed to death or even injured in the stampede. From a very young age, Cape fur seal pups are tough enough to handle adults walking - sometimes charging - over them. We do not perform any rescues from November to January, when the newborns are indeed too small to swim or to handle the older, bigger fur seals running over them.

@SL-vi4tk 2 ай бұрын

So many of these entangled seals become easy prey.

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

No predators prey on Cape fur seals along these colonies. The water is simply too murky and shallow for sharks to attack, and orcas that frequent this area only once or twice a year do not seem to be interested in them.

@SL-vi4tk 2 ай бұрын

@@OceanConservationNamibia That's good news. I incorrectly thought that somewhere in the water those entanglements would leave them less capable to defend themselves

@martasantos9619 2 ай бұрын

Acho lindo demais, ver eles correndo na direção das águas !

@quienloescribe 2 ай бұрын

Veo que en esta ocasión prácticamente el animalito fue hacia el señor. Qué buena suerte Una brazo

@csrlivestock7080 2 ай бұрын

I dont miss one of your video clips and appreciate your devotion and concern. Then I had this terrible thought about the panic of the seals going into the water. Does this attract Great White Sharks?

@Mcat7101 2 ай бұрын

I have seen replies from OCN to previous comments about this, and understand that there are not normally orcas or predatory sharks in the waters. I hope this helps, and that OCN can set your mind at rest. Good wishes 😊

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

@tctcllc6949 2 ай бұрын

💕

@anitasyvalahti1730 2 ай бұрын

First time i saw the seal before Antoine said, " here, here". Thank you Team, helping him out of the entanglement 🙌🦭💕. Youngster is out of the serious danger .

@Sandro-zc9fy 2 ай бұрын

❤

@steven.h0629 2 ай бұрын

❤Team OCN 👍😎✊

@KTPurdy 2 ай бұрын

nice rescue

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

👍

@aritzfernandez3308 2 ай бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻

@LBehold 2 ай бұрын

That one baby pup got trampled by the others so many times i thought he was dead, but fortunately he sprang right up and kept running.

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

🙂👍

@virgiliolira1996 2 ай бұрын

Valeu!

@TomTom-xk7sk 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@grokeffer6226 2 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@BabushkaBellissima 2 ай бұрын

👍🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🦭🦭🦭💐

@aklidjallali1875 2 ай бұрын

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@user-dd9jt3cf6t 2 ай бұрын

Интересно, а как ведут себя котики, которые попадают в руки спасателей со своей проблемой спутанности вторично?

@anitasyvalahti1730 2 ай бұрын

Under the video it says the Finnish, "unfortunately you can't make donations yet in this country or region". I do not know, why 🤷‍♀.

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

We have the same issue here in Namibia 🙂

@anitasyvalahti1730 Ай бұрын

@@OceanConservationNamibiaReally! 😧

@user-ys9bf7tg2c 2 ай бұрын

Даже спасибо не сказал😂😂😂

@c.harvey2424 2 ай бұрын

I wonder. How many seals are missed for every one caught?

@OceanConservationNamibia 2 ай бұрын

We have a 98.4% success rate, but we might in fact capture an escapee some time later, we are not sure.

@c.harvey2424 2 ай бұрын

@OceanConservationNamibia I meant how many seals die because you don't see and rescue them. Then I remember one of your tag lines that 90% of entangled sea life dies unnoticed, so I already knew the answer. Your success rate is awesome! You all are awsome.