The Cape Fur Seal mortality event unfolding along the West Coast is continuing with an alarming number of dead seals found in the past weeks.
While dealing with the ongoing seal deaths, HBSRC noted the horrific reports they were receiving of wildlife crimes in St Helena Bay and Britannia Bay where locals were throwing live seal pups against rocks and throwing them into the ocean to drown as well as reports of seals being clubbed and beaten to death.
Gridley said all instances of purposeful harm against seals or unauthorised removal of seals and/or their body parts must be reported to the police or SPCA as soon as possible, ideally with a location pin. “We also urge the public to keep dogs on leads when they encounter dead or sick seals on the beach, and to maintain a safe distance,” warned Gridley.
West Coast Seal Project and Owl Orphanage founder Jacques Nel had been working on the ground for months and said the seals washing ashore were very skinny, which supported the recent statement from Bredell that the seals were malnourished.
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