Seal Rescued From Fishing Line

A very thin loop of fishing line had dug so deep into the seal's flesh over the course of a few weeks, possibly months, that a new layer of skin had formed on top of the injury. But the new skin just covers up the animal’s ugly fate: suffocation, starvation, and eventually death. Fishing lines are designed to withhold immense pressure. How is a seal, turtle, whale, dolphin, or any other species supposed to avoid this invisible, but potent killer?
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[@Jennifer-1010]

No puppies allowed ,Tony you do make me smile love your interactions with the seals . very caring ⭐🫶😇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@lindac6032]

You can definitely tell why the jackals are hanging around.😢 Thanks, team!🦭🌊♻️

[@luciebrisson5881]

Thank you for saving her from a terrible fate. Sad to see so many not sleeping pups. Thank you OCN for making a difference.

[@hendriklurse6518]

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

[@ladyj9330]

The "No puppies allowed" had me 🤣 Poor puppies! They just wanted to join the mama in getting some Antoine attention! "Im just gonna sneak in here with you and maybe I will get some loves from Antoine!!"

[@anitasyvalahti1730]

@ladyj9330 The puppies were so sweet and funny looking. 😄💕. All in one net 😅.

[@bkm2797]

Thanks guys for saving this beauty and giving her that second chance. ❤️🙏🏻👍

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@olgadominguez9689]

Simply, thank you ❤

[@thomasglessner6067]

Thank you, noble men.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

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.

[@RL-RL]

Momma seal did very good with this rescue, and should heal nicely. I sure hope the little ones in the back ground were still sleeping. Those Jackals see to be waiting for an easy meal. 💔

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

Some of the Cape fur seals seen in this video might have been fast asleep, but some were deceased. It is sad, yet perfectly normal, in colonies of tens of thousand pinnipeds to see dead bodies lying on the beach. Natural causes like predation, starvation and sickness prevent half the Cape fur seal pups to see year one. Older animals are also subject to diseases and injuries. We leave the dead bodies to the seabirds, jackals and hyenas.

[@anitasyvalahti1730]

Poor beautiful female seal 😢. Fortunately OCN men spotted him 🙌👀❤. Thank you, Naude, Denzil and Antoine ❣💯♻♻

[@olgapyat]

Hi all! Very cool video! There are jackal, and seals of all ages, and three of my favorite rescuers, and of course humor from Tony. Puppies are not allowed! And, most importantly, this seal's first breath after cutting the line. Thanks guys! Today is April 18, 2024. This amazing channel has 1.91 million subscribers (the number has not changed in 8 days. (Time for a new issue! We are waiting for another 90,000!) Subscribe if you haven’t already. By subscribing, like!, commenting, donating and reposting, you help save seals.

[@carlavanherrewaarden6451]

Because of you this seal was spared the fate of suffocation and starvation. Hopefully she'll lead a long, healthy and entanglement-free life from now on. Thanks guys!💕🦭♻️

[@sohaillaghari273]

❤️❤️

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@CrowPal]

The seals were remarkably calm throughout. Maybe word is getting around that you guys do good deeds! Looks like there was a big male watching over the rescue.

[@Mcat7101]

That looked so sore😢 Poor seal was really good despite being in pain. Thank you for saving her from a miserable fate.❤

[@malousalasalan7240]

thank you guys 🦭🦭❤️🙏

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@cuddlesanddaisy]

Thank you❣️

[@barbll000]

Thank you to the OCN team for all your dedicated hard work to save seals. Bless you all!!

[@elaborowiec3976]

Te okropne cieńkie żyłki😡😡😡 Dziękujemy bardzo za Waszą pracę❤🇵🇱👋

[@fishyfool]

Lucky number 13!

[@nicklager1666]

That was a pretty chill Jackal i must say. They rarely let you guys get that close. Not super optimal of curse a running Jackal works like a signal to the seals to run for the water.

[@Mcat7101]

That looked so sore😪 She was so good even though she must have been in a lot of pain. Thank you for saving her from a miserable human inflicted death💙💙💙

[@paulwyleciol3459]

❤❤❤❤❤ THANK YOU !!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@Nina-vc8mo]

Оо як врізалося в шию тюленя дякую добрим людям за допомогу котикам❤

[@tgawron2233]

Thank you men for saving the seals. Thank you OCN!

[@gardengnome132]

Good tp see her bounding off so strongly! Thank you, Team OCN, for saving her and her future pups.

[@carolleighton4579]

Thankyou OCN. 🤗💝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@fannycraddock99]

Another life saved. Thanks guys.

[@anitamccarthy8384]

It breaks my heart that they suffer because people don't clean up after themselves when in the ocean. Thank You for always being there for them. God Bless everyone of you. ❤❤😊❤❤

[@suek.5057]

Thank you for helping that beautiful animal. ❤OCN

[@MarySanchez-qk3hp]

Popped out so quickly! Reminds us how dangerous they are and how fast your reflexes have to be.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

🙂👍

[@juliesong4123]

The power of the human touch! Naude the minute you removed your glove and touched her with your bare hands she calmed instantly! ❤

[@posnrg2u327]

Thank you team OCN for giving her back her life. Hopefully, she will heal quickly and avoid any future hazards in the water. Blessings to all❤

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@debbiemcclure2874]

Funny how most of the time seals are hard to net but Tony with one swoop almost had 3 or 4 together 😂. No puppies allowed 😂😂😂. Sometimes they seem to listen to him. Tony the seal whisperer😂😂. Great job everyone. The lady is now safe and can heal ❤❤❤

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks Guys

[@magda7224]

Thank you 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@paquilo99]

Gracias amigos! 🇪🇸🙋🏻‍♀️💙🧒🏻🦭🦭🦭❤️

[@trishbluedorn1806]

Thank you OCN and those that are like minded! It's absolutely DEVASTATING to see the HARM, if not DEATH that we HUMANS INFLICT on these sensitive, intelligent, majestic animals -- on a DAILY BASIS! We must do better! What I appreciate most is that the OCN team (seen and unseen) is all about action! Too many of us essentially are complicit with our silence and lack of action! We made this wretched mess -- now it's up to us to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for all of this DEVASTATION. Our actions (and/or lack of actions) DEMANDS that we CLEAN UP our destruction of this planet. We must also do all that we can to mitigate the exposure, the injuries, and the trauma that we inflict on the earth and her inhabitants. It may already be too late so time IS of the ESSENCE!

[@tbkindness]

Great men doing great work. God bless you all!

[@DavidPerez-zs8im]

Amazing.. NYC one ❤ to you my G

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@presentfuture7563]

Naude looking like a rescue ninja this morning 🥷

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

😁

[@user-jy1zi1bw8x]

Thanks Team OCN for your kindness🤗

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

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.

[@pipmuser9619]

Thankfully you were there to get her out of the entanglement!

[@cphoenix8592]

I. Love Antoine, when he said “ no puppies allowed” turning the net so the pups ran around on the right.

[@lucylee6982]

💗💗 Thank You OCN 💗💗

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@cg6348]

🦭🌊💙TY OCN!

[@popcorn5130]

Awesome camera shot at 2:23 - screenshot should be used on promotional material for OCN.

[@theheartland1861]

another seal freed of the terrible rubbish, that was hurting her. thank you for all you do👍👍

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@haggielady]

Thanks guys.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@geewill]

❤❤❤❤ OCN!!

[@l.faraday8767]

Ocean Conservation Namibia always gets their seal! 🇨🇦😎🇨🇦

[@shermarkle]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@c.harvey2424]

Never seems to fail. The manhandled seal goes for the most expensive equipment on the way to the sea. 😅

[@superdouge]

Great Job Guys...

[@finscreenname]

Great work as always folks!! 👍👍

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@amypavlopoulos3110]

They have $9,000!!! Let's all donate a few dollars and we can triple that super fast!! The seals need us!

[@CTHou13]

Please donate y’all! What a great Rescue the money is needed for the gloves, the nets, the cameras, the scissors, all the equipment that they use cost money to save these beautiful animals. Please help out.

[@sohaillaghari273]

Great clip

[@renatefeller5208]

danke💖

[@zefcha4670]

glad you showed a jackel on the beach...i can visualize more of how nature works.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

🙂👍

[@stephanieb7311]

Great job as always OCN crew.

[@user-hn9og8lc1b]

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

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@jaykb6587]

Deep breaths! After that is cut off, the intense deep breathing is audible. And obviously, desirable. Good going, OCN! 😊❤

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

🙂👍

[@laskey2175]

So many pups.

[@steven.h0629]

❤Team OCN 👍😎✊

[@olgazayas2935]

You are a heroes! Thanks❤

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

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.

[@Warteeinbisschen]

❤

[@kayt3900]

🙂❤

[@philipmurphy2]

Great work on saving the seal

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

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.

[@zaz4667]

WOW That was a great save!

[@user-sx3ji7ne8n]

Although they’re wild animals they surprisingly lie still while you’re working on them! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@annaylitalo6564]

Minun suosikki kanavani. En muista nähneeni negatiivisia kommentteja 👍❤️

[@Rebar77_real]

Got'em!!

[@michaeltheoret3842]

LoL, when that Seal went and GALLUMPHED over the camera. 🤣🤣🤣

[@gordbaker896]

Well Done Crew.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@corneliakruchten8440]

"High five" to the camera 😄

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

😁

[@user-qi6yo7xt4l]

Thank you

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@mattdrat3087]

Could you scan the group with a drone from above? Could you use some small, electric, large skateboards you could lie down on to sneak up on them?

[@LiamWakefield]

This has become quite a popular question. Drones may help with surveying large colonies etc, but identifying the individually entangled seals using powerful binoculars and coordinating from the ground by radio has been found to be a very effective method. This is evidenced by the number of videos where the team are rescuing many seals in a day with little break in the activity. Previous response from Ocean Conservation Namibia: Drones are very useful to survey Cape fur seal colonies, especially during breeding season, but they are useless to spot entangled animals. The majority of the marine litter we rescue these animals from only weighs a few grams and is very difficult to spot from the ground - let alone the sky.

[@LiamWakefield]

Previous response from Ocean Conservation Namibia: We have tried different rescue methods and camouflages in the past and concluded that how we do it now is the best way. The truth is, seals smell us and hear us before they see us. We want to keep each rescue as quick as possible.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

Drones are very useful to survey Cape fur seal colonies, especially during breeding season, but they are useless to spot entangled animals. The majority of the marine litter we rescue these animals from only weighs a few grams and is very difficult to spot from the ground, let alone the sky. The use of these skateboards would be very limited, we prefer to rely on our good, old legs 😉

[@mattdrat3087]

@@OceanConservationNamibia I see! Thank you for the work you do saving these animals!

[@quienloescribe]

Casi no se veía el hilo que tenía el animalito, qué bien que lo liberaron Un abrazo

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@Balthasarde]

I know this is a sad question but does ONC team check on dead seal bodies for entanglements ? I guess they mainly focus on suffering seals that can be saved and even if I think most of the dead seals are from natural causes at Pelican Point thanks to very regular patrol from OCN, I am curious to know if the teams checks those poor seal who didn't make it du to Human's activities.

[@tctcllc6949]

💕

[@nancylebaron9786]

You guys are the very best!

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

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.

[@LyndaDixon-tm7uz]

The word is out theseare the good guys it's ok

[@karenb1073]

at the beginning of the video you see seals that appear to be asleep or not moving. Do you see alot of dead seal when you do the rescues. Do you every look to see if you can tell why they died.

[@LiamWakefield]

Previous response from Ocean Conservation Namibia: Some of the few seals seen in this video might have been asleep, and some not. It is sad, yet perfectly normal, in colonies of tens of thousand pinnipeds to see dead bodies lying on the beach.Natural causes like predation, starvation and sickness prevent half the Cape fur seal pups to see year one. Older animals are also subject to diseases and injuries. We leave the dead bodies to the seabirds, jackals and hyenas.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

Some of the Cape fur seals seen in this video might have been fast asleep, but some were deceased. It is sad, yet perfectly normal, in colonies of tens of thousand pinnipeds to see dead bodies lying on the beach. Natural causes like predation, starvation and sickness prevent half the Cape fur seal pups to see year one. Older animals are also subject to diseases and injuries. We leave the dead bodies to the seabirds, jackals and hyenas.

[@kgat216]

It seemed as she was waiting patiently for the zip to work. 😮😂

[@OmarsHafsa]

Weird question: the seals that are not alive anymore, do they get removed? Government or some organization. Would be a very weird and smelly situation if they get left there.

[@Thomas-dr4ro]

That's why the jackals are there. They are also carrion eaters. Circle of live.

[@LiamWakefield]

Previous response from Ocean Conservation Namibia: Some of the few seals seen in this video might have been asleep, and some not. It is sad, yet perfectly normal, in colonies of tens of thousand pinnipeds to see dead bodies lying on the beach.Natural causes like predation, starvation and sickness prevent half the Cape fur seal pups to see year one. Older animals are also subject to diseases and injuries. We leave the dead bodies to the seabirds, jackals and hyenas.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

Some of the Cape fur seals seen in this video might have been fast asleep, but some were deceased. It is sad, yet perfectly normal, in colonies of tens of thousand pinnipeds to see dead bodies lying on the beach. Natural causes like predation, starvation and sickness prevent half the Cape fur seal pups to see year one. Older animals are also subject to diseases and injuries. We leave the dead bodies to the seabirds, jackals and hyenas.

[@C.Hawkshaw]

It’s really criminal what we do to other species.

[@cristinagarcia7803]

😢😢

[@ponwajeechrans7372]

You would think by now they would line up for you to help them.😂😂😂

[@sarahbarton4977]

Damn it looked cold out there.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

It is 🥶

[@Tam_Eiki]

Oh...now I get it. The little puppies can't hear regular voices, it must be in Tony's special puppies only voice for them to be able to hear it properly.

[@lilesosannaflower9956]

hows the fishing for the seals this year.

[@JW-uq9yt]

The three classics 😂

[@ld9044]

❤❤❤

[@sydneyo6121]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-es7hz7dp4s]

Noticed a few dead seals keeping the jackals fed, do you check them to see if they were entangled rather than natural deaths. Interested is all.

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

On average, we 'only' find four to five dead, entangled Cape fur seals a year. Most deaths are simply normal fatalities, due to predation, starvation and sickness.

[@zyxw2000]

Do you always work on the same beaches?

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

No. On average, we patrol Pelican Point three times a week, Cape Cross once a fortnight, and the fish-processing plants in Walvis Bay every few days.

[@grannybee]

You almost got 2 for 1.

[@elenacortesfrias442]

Goooooood job

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

👍

[@yakncast7530]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@apveening]

At 1:20 the camera is passing a seal that doesn't react, already dead?

[@LiamWakefield]

Previous response from Ocean Conservation Namibia: Some of the few seals seen in this video might have been asleep, and some not. It is sad, yet perfectly normal, in colonies of tens of thousand pinnipeds to see dead bodies lying on the beach.Natural causes like predation, starvation and sickness prevent half the Cape fur seal pups to see year one. Older animals are also subject to diseases and injuries. We leave the dead bodies to the seabirds, jackals and hyenas.

[@terribasile4284]

The little bodies we saw were those dead babies?😢

[@OceanConservationNamibia]

Some of the Cape fur seals seen in this video might have been fast asleep, but some were deceased. It is sad, yet perfectly normal, in colonies of tens of thousands of pinnipeds to see dead bodies lying on the beach. Natural causes like predation, starvation, and sickness prevent half the Cape fur seal pups to see year one. Older animals are also subject to diseases and injuries. We leave the dead bodies to the seabirds, jackals, and hyenas.