Namibia's animals and people
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Namibia's animals and people
Nov 21, 2022
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Ocean Conservation Namibia - Heroes of the Sea
Ocean Conservation Namibia - Heroes of the Sea
Oct 4, 2020
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The whole team from Ocean Conservation Namibia work together on this rescue - Tony catches the seal by hand and Kat brings the net - the mega pup is too big to be rescued without the safety of the rescue net. Denzil takes the position on top of the seal, and together with Wally they remove more than 50 strands of fishing line. A fishermen dropped this spool of fishing line in the ocean either by accident or out of negligence - and a seal got stuck. The pup probably played with it first, and once
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The whole team from Ocean Conservation Namibia work together on this rescue - Tony catches the seal by hand and Kat brings the net - the mega pup is too big to be rescued without the safety of the rescue net. Denzil takes the position on top of the seal, and together with Wally they remove more than 50 strands of fishing line. A fishermen dropped this spool of fishing line in the ocean either by accident or out of negligence - and a seal got stuck. The pup probably played with it first, and once
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Naude, Denzil and Wally from Ocean Conservation Namibia spot an adult female seal with a tight piece of para-cord rope around her neck. Denzil uses the seal rescue net to restrain her, and the rest of the team jumps in with their Leatherman Raptors to cut her loose. They have learned to remove ropes and strings carefully to avoid any further injury or pain. The origin of this entanglement is unknown. | Ocean Conservation Namibia
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Naude, Denzil and Wally from Ocean Conservation Namibia spot an adult female seal with a tight piece of para-cord rope around her neck. Denzil uses the seal rescue net to restrain her, and the rest of the team jumps in with their Leatherman Raptors to cut her loose. They have learned to remove ropes and strings carefully to avoid any further injury or pain. The origin of this entanglement is unknown. | Ocean Conservation Namibia
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Some rescues are certainly easier than others! #ocn #sealrescue
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Some rescues are certainly easier than others! #ocn #sealrescue
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The rescuers from Ocean Conservation Namibia are convinced that they have found another recapture just like the one in yesterday's video - but luckily they do not take chances. Just as they wanted to let her go, they identify a thin tiny loop of fishing line deep inside her flesh, embedded in a painful and infected wound. She is lucky - the knot in the fishing line is right next to where the rescuers cut the loop and they do not have to hurt her more than absolutely necessary when they pull it o
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The rescuers from Ocean Conservation Namibia are convinced that they have found another recapture just like the one in yesterday's video - but luckily they do not take chances. Just as they wanted to let her go, they identify a thin tiny loop of fishing line deep inside her flesh, embedded in a painful and infected wound. She is lucky - the knot in the fishing line is right next to where the rescuers cut the loop and they do not have to hurt her more than absolutely necessary when they pull it o
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#ocn #oceanconservationnamibia #sealrescues #plasticpollution #raisingawareness
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#ocn #oceanconservationnamibia #sealrescues #plasticpollution #raisingawareness
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#ocn#plasticpollution#fyp#namibia#sealrescue#seals
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Seal Rescued From Veggie Bag. #ocn #oceanconservationnamibia #sealrescues #plasticpollution #raisingawareness
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Seal Rescue Operations in Namibia During Summer
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Friday♡ #cute #seal #seals #sealrescue #rescues #animal #animals #recycling #recycle #reuseplastic #nature #savetheplanet #eco #climatechange #friday
Aug 15, 2021
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#seal #seals #animals #wildlife #wildliferescue #ocean #oceanconservation #conservation #oceanpollution #pollution #entanglement #entangled #wounded #rescue #africa #namibia #friday #youtube #fyp #foryou #enjoy
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It's not easy to spot an entanglement with the naked eye, especially if there's a distance. We have gained the much-needed experience to make these rescues look easy. Unfortunately, this is a skill we wish we never had to develop. #ocn #sealrescue #seals #pollution
Dec 13, 2023
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Ocean Conservation Namibia was officially founded in 2020, but we've been rescuing seals for many years before that too - watch our documentary, released in June 2023. See the link in our bio. What's a tag? The knot of the entanglement that is usually the only visible evidence showing that the animal is entangled. Usually the rest of the entanglement will be overgrown. When the rescuers see a knot, they know the animal is entangled, even if the rest of seals body seems clear. We've rescued over
Sep 7, 2023
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Recreational Fishing and Ocean Conservation Efforts
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Seal Rescue Adventures: Challenges and Triumphs
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OCN Seal Rescue Team Saves Entangled Seal
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#ocn #oceanconservationnamibia #sealrescues #plasticpollution #raisingawareness
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As plastic builds up in our waters and the fishing industry competes with marine mammals for dwindling resources, conflict is unavoidable. Seals may snatch a fish from a net, and in return, get entangled in the very gear meant to catch it. The result is a battle where everyone loses. #ocn #oceanconservation #sealrescues #plasticpollution #raisingawareness | Ocean Conservation Namibia
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It's not often that a seal earns a name at Ocean Conservation Namibia, but Julius was quite the exception. Antoine and Naude had seen him while on patrol for the first time 3 weeks before, and had failed to net him on the first attempt. Although he was carrying a huge burden around his neck, he was still surprisingly fast and stayed in a dense pack while running to the ocean - making it impossible for the rescuers to get close enough. This was the same case on the second and third rescue attempt
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Plastic doesn’t disappear. It doesn’t dissolve. It doesn’t break down. It floats, it drifts, it sinks, and it entangles. There is no safe place left in the ocean. #ocn #oceanconservation #sealrescues #plasticpollution #raisingawareness | Ocean Conservation Namibia
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This seal's days were numbered - until the rescuers from Ocean Conservation Namibia found him. A big ball of fishing line and a big steel hook were tightly wrapped around his neck. Without help, he would not have had a chance to free himself. Luckily Naude and Wally quickly helped him and he could swim off towards freedom. In the meantime Denzil and Antoine had caught another two seals on the side, both caught in fishing line as well. A great rescue run. | Ocean Conservation Namibia
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Seal Saved from Nearly Invisible Entanglement It was a cold, foggy, miserable morning at Cape Cross, but plastic entanglement doesn’t stop for bad weather, and neither do we. In this case, the rescue was only possible because of sharp eyes and experience. A faint dent in the seal’s fur hinted at something wrong, and it was enough! A nearly invisible loop of fishing line had wrapped around her neck. If the team hadn’t spotted that tiny clue, she would’ve been left to suffer. These are the kinds o
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This was an easy rescue for OCN Director Naude, but only because he happened to spot the seal just in time. The entanglement? Industrial shrink wrap. A common, cheap plastic material used globally for packaging, shipping pallets, bundling products, and too often, discarded into nature without a second thought. Lightweight and flexible, shrink wrap becomes a deadly noose when it reaches the ocean. Once in the water, it wraps tightly around marine animals, cutting into flesh as they grow or strugg
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The rescuers from Ocean Conservation Namibia "hide" in the bright early morning sun to get as close to a group of seals as possible. They have spotted a nearly invisible entanglement and cannot believe their luck when Antoine catches the animal with the rescue net. They open the side zipper, cut the loop of commercial fishing into half to remove it off the seal's neck, and a few seconds later they get to watch this beautiful animal run towards freedom. This moment is the rescuers' reward for the
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Would you have seen it? We almost didn’t! Hidden in plain sight among hundreds of seals, a thin black rope wrapped tightly around one young seal’s neck. The entanglement was so subtle, we nearly missed it. Sadly, most modern ropes are synthetic. They’re plastic. They don’t biodegrade. And once they’re wrapped around a wild animal, they stay. This piece of rope could have come from anywhere: a fishing boat, a beach camp, industrial waste. But we’ll never know. It’s anonymous. There’s no label. No
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Namibia| Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Seal Rescued But The Problem Isn’t Solved From a distance, this looks like a success story. A young seal entangled in fishing line, spotted by our team, caught, cut free, and released. It’s the kind of rescue we’ve filmed and shared hundreds of times. And yet: this is exactly the problem. We’re rescuing more seals than ever before. 2025 is already our busiest year on record. That’s not a sign of progress. It’s a red flag. Because despite the awareness, the donations, the support: our behavior ha
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The Ocean Feeds Us. Why Do We Trash It? #ocn #oceanconservation #sealrescues #plasticpollution #raisingawareness | Ocean Conservation Namibia
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So many entangled seals, the Ocean Conservation Namibia team barely knows where to start. They chase one, only to find more along the way, shouting directions to each other until the rescue nets and rescuers run out. In this surreal moment, one entangled seal is already in the net, waiting to be freed, while another stands nearby as if “waiting in line” for its turn. Ghost gear, single-use plastics, industrial waste, discarded clothing: all of it ends up in the sea, and by 2050, experts warn the
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