Seal Rescued From Fishing Line

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  • Опубліковано 22 кві 2024
  • Some might think we spend most of our time running up and down the beach. The actual rescue of a Cape fur seal makes up a small percentage of our day on patrol. Most of our time is spent scanning for entangled seals; we're talking hours! This seal is lucky to get away without any scars as the entanglement was fresh, which is a luxury many seals don’t get.
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  • @olgapyat
    @olgapyat Місяць тому +18

    Hi all!
    When rescuers run up to the herd, you can see how many babies there are in this herd. But babies need a mother, and the mother should not die or suffer because some people did not take care that their garbage did not end up in the ocean. Thank you for saving this big mama!
    Today is April 23, 2024. This amazing channel has 1.92 million subscribers (changed 3 days ago. Looking forward to another 80,000!) Subscribe if you haven't already. By subscribing, liking, commenting, donating and reposting, you help save seals.

  • @lindac6032
    @lindac6032 Місяць тому +30

    I hope you won't see as many snoek lines on seals this year, but I know you probably will, since the fishermen continue to use the ocean as a dumping ground. Thanks, guys!🦭🌊♻️

  • @Mcat7101
    @Mcat7101 Місяць тому +30

    Thank you for saving her even though she wasn't exactly appreciative 😊❤

  • @DavidPerez-zs8im
    @DavidPerez-zs8im Місяць тому +21

    Thank you all so much. .my Angels of Sea ..you are amazing.. NYC one ❤ to you my Gs

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +1

      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.

  • @elaborowiec3976
    @elaborowiec3976 Місяць тому +9

    Związana żyłka😡😡😡Dziękujemy,że wypatrzyliście tę piękną foczą mamę❤❤❤
    Pozdrawiam i życzę zdrowia i miłości❤🇵🇱👋

  • @carlavanherrewaarden6451
    @carlavanherrewaarden6451 Місяць тому +12

    It's sad, knowing that you can expect a lot more snoekline entanglements soon, now that a fleet of snoek boats have left port. Will their crew ever stop discarding pieces of line overboard? Thanks guys for saving this big momma seal!💕🦭

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +1

      Fishermen are well aware of the consequences of their actions. As long as marine pollution regulations are not enforced and culprits face no punishment, negligence regarding fishing gear and related litter will persist. And so will marine wildlife entanglements.

  • @abqresident4461
    @abqresident4461 Місяць тому +3

    MY PHONE STINKS! Watching OCN videos on my Samsung phone and I could not find the Donate button for the fundraiser. Maybe you experience the same? If you have access to a laptop, it's easy to find the Donate button - just sayin'. Anyway . . . we are just a couple of hundred short of that MAGIC 10K number. 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 LEGENDS!!! OCN heroes are LEGENDS!!! Thank you for your generosity. Love and hugs x10,000 from me in New Mexico USA

  • @posnrg2u327
    @posnrg2u327 Місяць тому +28

    Thank you for spotting and rescuing ‘big momma’ from her snoek line entanglement. Blessings to all❤

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +3

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

  • @Nina-vc8mo
    @Nina-vc8mo Місяць тому +9

    Дякую вам за допомогу тюленю дякую за вашу нелегку працю здоров'я ❤

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +1

      Наші зусилля - це лише крапля у відро порівняно з мільйонами тонн сміття, які щороку потрапляють у світові океани.
      На жаль, ми не вирішуємо проблему, а лише лікуємо симптоми пластикової кризи своїми порятунками. Ці відео мають на меті показати наслідки цього забруднення та створити зміни для боротьби з його корінням, а саме нашою залежністю від одноразового пластику, відсутністю правоохоронних органів на морі та недоліками галузі переробки.

  • @lindac6032
    @lindac6032 Місяць тому +11

    It's difficult for those adult females to hide among all those small pups. Great spotting, Denzil!👀

    • @eponack
      @eponack Місяць тому +1

      He is an eagle eyed flash of a person!

  • @luciebrisson5881
    @luciebrisson5881 Місяць тому +9

    I'm always amazed that you can find a target again after losing it in a large group of individuals. But you did, thank goodness, and were able to free her from the tight loop of line. Thank you!

  • @isabellebaudin5240
    @isabellebaudin5240 Місяць тому +20

    Many lives saved in one go : Big Mama will now be able to have many more pups thanks to you ! 💖

  • @RL-RL
    @RL-RL Місяць тому +8

    Thank you Team OCN for saving this Momma Seal before she was badly wounded. More boats going out? Sounds like a hot area to keep your team busy for some time to come sadly.

  • @amateurshooter6054
    @amateurshooter6054 Місяць тому +8

    Thanks Guys

  • @bkm2797
    @bkm2797 Місяць тому +4

    It truly is a blessing when you are able to remove these horrible lines, nets etc. before the damage has begun! Thank you for giving her a second chance.👍🙏🏻❤️

  • @marybrown1539
    @marybrown1539 Місяць тому +9

    Well done, Denzil. I had my eye on her as well once she was in the net. Had problems keeping my eye on her before that.❤

  • @carolleighton4579
    @carolleighton4579 Місяць тому +13

    All those little pups hurding together, so cute, saving the mother from certain future trouble was a great rescue. Thankyou OCN. 🤗💝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @BabushkaBellissima
    @BabushkaBellissima Місяць тому +5

    Такое сложилось впечатление , что это никогда не закончится😢 Сражаетесь как Дон Кихот с ветряными мельницами, очень жаль 😢😢😢

  • @data261
    @data261 Місяць тому +2

    I like to imagine these encounters become stories amongst the seals..like:
    “Your uncle Julius once fought off the humans after getting caught. With one mighty wriggle he burst out of their nets and freed himself from the fishing line around his neck. The humans could only stare in disbelief as he made his way to freedom”

  • @anitasyvalahti1730
    @anitasyvalahti1730 Місяць тому +6

    Thank you for saving her 👋❤. Fortunately, not cut 💓✌🦭. Very gorgeous seal mama 😍. Blessing, OCN TEAM ❣.

  • @hendriklurse6518
    @hendriklurse6518 Місяць тому +5

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

  • @maeterith1984
    @maeterith1984 14 днів тому

    Looking at the babies huddling together is heartbreaking. Because they dont realise that you are helping someones mum, or them even. You do a seriously super job. And the fact that you did it off your own backs is remarkable. You are all remarkable , even the children. Thank you all for showing the plight of these seals and other marine life, to the world.

  • @geewill
    @geewill Місяць тому +8

    Thank you!! ❤❤❤ OCN!

  • @user-jk3nm9lm1w
    @user-jk3nm9lm1w Місяць тому +6

    Thank you💙💙

  • @tgawron2233
    @tgawron2233 Місяць тому +4

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

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +2

      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.

  • @ourfamilysvarietyshow
    @ourfamilysvarietyshow Місяць тому +4

    I used to be one of the guilty ones that threw their fishing lines and trash on the ground but I've since changed my ways due to these videos and now I even pick up other people's trash

  • @suek.5057
    @suek.5057 Місяць тому +4

    Thank you for helping her. ❤OCN

  • @diversejoe617
    @diversejoe617 Місяць тому +2

    This is really the year when all the justice is being served, y'all stay on top of rescuing seals like you always have but this, to me it also looks like you won't encounter many entanglements(most likely you will ofc but it'd be a good thing if that were the case). Y'all just stay taking Ws and keeping the environment clean, stay up team🤗🙏🏾🌊😍.

  • @mnicholl93
    @mnicholl93 Місяць тому +1

    I love that big first breath once the entanglement is cut! A very lucky Mumma ❤

  • @j4v4x
    @j4v4x Місяць тому +1

    Thanks to Team OCN for doing this dangerous work!!
    Today is another excellent day to STOP EATING FISH

  • @tctcllc6949
    @tctcllc6949 Місяць тому +7

    💕

  • @eponack
    @eponack Місяць тому +2

    Like a well oiled machine, this team sees and saves, making it look effortless. Despite it taking great skill and energy.

  • @lucylee6982
    @lucylee6982 Місяць тому +4

    💗💗 Thank You OCN 💗💗

  • @grannybee
    @grannybee Місяць тому +2

    Big Mama did say thank you ❤

  • @user-sx3ji7ne8n
    @user-sx3ji7ne8n Місяць тому +2

    Big healthy looking seal! Healthier now she hasn’t got that line round her neck!🙂
    Good job done 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @EllenSchneider-tn1pu
    @EllenSchneider-tn1pu Місяць тому +9

    That was a Big Mama Monday with the team for a change. Question for anyone who knows-approximately when is the Snoek season in Namibia? Well done gentlemen for making Big Mama’s life a whole lot better.🦭🌊💙

  • @nicklager1666
    @nicklager1666 Місяць тому +9

    Hehe Look-a-Like females. Heck they all look the same too me. Except for the big bulls that do stick out. But its a reason im here and you guys are on the beach doing wonders each day.

  • @zefcha4670
    @zefcha4670 Місяць тому +2

    i enjoy watching the rescues. i look forward to watching how a seal is saved and released into the waters.

  • @fannycraddock99
    @fannycraddock99 Місяць тому +2

    Well spotted Denzil. Thanks guys.

  • @KeePenne
    @KeePenne Місяць тому +1

    And another runs for freedom. ❤

  • @patriciawilson1836
    @patriciawilson1836 Місяць тому +3

    ....And another one (snoek line) bites the dust. Well done.

  • @steven.h0629
    @steven.h0629 Місяць тому +6

    ❤Team OCN 👍😎✊

  • @tbkindness
    @tbkindness Місяць тому

    Thank you Team Ocean Conservation Namibia for your tireless efforts in protecting and rescuing seals

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +1

      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.

    • @tbkindness
      @tbkindness Місяць тому

      @@OceanConservationNamibia While current efforts may be a small fraction of the scale of the problem, your work has brought enormous significance to troubled and suffering seals affected by plastic waste. I am so grateful to all the animal rescue organizations that are working to make a difference in the lives of animals. You are all heroes

  • @zaz4667
    @zaz4667 Місяць тому +6

    Great save!

  • @user-jy1zi1bw8x
    @user-jy1zi1bw8x Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for helping big mama❤👍

  • @jamiegallier2106
    @jamiegallier2106 Місяць тому +1

    ❤❤❤thank you❤❤❤

  • @paulwyleciol3459
    @paulwyleciol3459 Місяць тому +2

    ❤❤❤❤❤ ideal !!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @amandamariemuise
    @amandamariemuise Місяць тому +1

    Not only does Denzil run like The Flash, he has the eyesight of Superman! 😅

  • @user-hn9og8lc1b
    @user-hn9og8lc1b Місяць тому +1

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

  • @sandypawz645
    @sandypawz645 Місяць тому +3

    Great rescue! 👍Thanks guys!👍🦦

  • @ld9044
    @ld9044 Місяць тому +3

    ❤❤❤

  • @cg6348
    @cg6348 Місяць тому +3

    🦭🌊💙 TY OCN!

  • @JasakaD
    @JasakaD Місяць тому +3

  • @philipmurphy2
    @philipmurphy2 Місяць тому +5

    Great save

  • @rlo5626
    @rlo5626 Місяць тому +6

    Good job

  • @FualngeeeMLBB
    @FualngeeeMLBB Місяць тому +2

    Thanksss

  • @rajeshtambe2157
    @rajeshtambe2157 Місяць тому +5

    Nice 👍👍👍

  • @theheartland1861
    @theheartland1861 Місяць тому

    thank you for the rescue. you all work hard to spot the seals that are in need of help, and make sure they're taken care of, so they can have a good life👍👍

  • @ramblynrocketeer
    @ramblynrocketeer Місяць тому +9

    Great save! 🙏🦭🌍💛
    😁👋Aloha from Kauai Hawaii

  • @msmuffet1
    @msmuffet1 Місяць тому +1

    Good catch Denzil ! I love the teamwork by the rescuers. ❤❤❤

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +1

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

  • @user-or6zh3nd4g
    @user-or6zh3nd4g Місяць тому +1

    Sempre bravissimi ❤W OCN❤❤❤❤❤

  • @aklidjallali1875
    @aklidjallali1875 Місяць тому

    Bravo pour votre dévouement merci

  • @anitamccarthy8384
    @anitamccarthy8384 Місяць тому +3

    ❤❤😊❤❤

  • @stephanieb7311
    @stephanieb7311 Місяць тому +2

    Great job guys. I always enjoy your videos. Watching from Pennsylvania, USA.

  • @superdouge
    @superdouge Місяць тому +2

    Another Great Job...

  • @yakncast7530
    @yakncast7530 Місяць тому +4

    👍🏼👍🏼

  • @quienloescribe
    @quienloescribe Місяць тому

    Un abrazo muy grande a todos

  • @nellinightshade3358
    @nellinightshade3358 Місяць тому

    Grumpy momma seal!

  • @finscreenname
    @finscreenname Місяць тому +3

    Great work as always folks!! 👍👍

  • @TomTom-xk7sk
    @TomTom-xk7sk Місяць тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @DRayL_
    @DRayL_ Місяць тому +2

    I've often wondered if those [who had lines/nets cut off] cognitively understand that they were just helped by those scary upright mammals. If they understand that they had been freed from something they should have around them.

  • @tamerabouck764
    @tamerabouck764 Місяць тому

    Thank you guys for all your hard work! Team OCN ❣️

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +1

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

  • @PiWieDiesDas
    @PiWieDiesDas Місяць тому +1

    🌱

  • @hifijeffrowland7303
    @hifijeffrowland7303 Місяць тому +1

    2k👍

  • @robirobinson9426
    @robirobinson9426 Місяць тому +2

    With the poor vision of the seals, would it not be helpful to create a visually camouflaged shield out of cardboard that is roughly the same color as the beach sand? I think you could get much closer to the herd before they scramble. You could use the shield to get close, then discard the shield and start the chase. It might prove useful at times when you crawl up on the seals. The shield might get you closer. With vision slits on the shield you could observe them without being seen. I would be curious to see how close you could get to them.
    I might also suggest light brown jackets and pants to blend in with the sand a little better.
    I absolutely love watching your videos, especially the ones with very young pups. They are so incredibly cute!!

    • @LiamWakefield
      @LiamWakefield Місяць тому

      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
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +1

      We have tried blinds in the past, and they were quite successful, but they were really not practical. We have to constantly keep an eye on the target as we approach and also carry our rescue nets.
      We surely could work out something that works, but we really do not want to 'lose' entangled seals in the testing process. As we grow older, we might actually have to look into it 😉

  • @virgiliolira1996
    @virgiliolira1996 Місяць тому

    Boa noite!

  • @virendrasingh1814
    @virendrasingh1814 Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @imilcebarca842
    @imilcebarca842 Місяць тому

    Buen trabajo 👍👍😸

  • @elenacortesfrias442
    @elenacortesfrias442 Місяць тому

    Goooooood job

  • @BabushkaBellissima
    @BabushkaBellissima Місяць тому +7

    👍🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🦭🦭🦭💐

  • @JS-rk4rj
    @JS-rk4rj Місяць тому

    Good job!

  • @user-gd3ec5vr5s
    @user-gd3ec5vr5s Місяць тому +1

    😘😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @grokeffer6226
    @grokeffer6226 Місяць тому

    👍👍👍

  • @FrauMelinda1962
    @FrauMelinda1962 Місяць тому +2

    HELDEN

  • @annaylitalo6564
    @annaylitalo6564 Місяць тому +3

    Miten te jaksattekin pelastaa aina vaan joka päivä? Olette nopeita urheita ja kilttejä pelastajia, kiitos 👍🌹😊

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +2

      Tämä on taito, jota emme toivoisi koskaan kehittävän, mutta olemme valitettavasti jo erittäin kokeneita.

  • @davessparetime83
    @davessparetime83 Місяць тому +2

    At what point are there too many of these Seals? Are they prey for Killer Whales and Sharks?

    • @OceanConservationNamibia
      @OceanConservationNamibia  Місяць тому +1

      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.

  • @susans8765
    @susans8765 Місяць тому

    Ive seen Alaskan coastlines littered with much garbage 😢 Toss your garbage in the river, and let the tide take it away.. It doesn't go far, but it's disastrous. 💔 Plastic diapers and all other garbage. You can imagine all the "tossed" fishing gear 😢😢

  • @Konstantin-
    @Konstantin- Місяць тому +2

    Мне всё время кажется, что кто-то из спасателей говорит по-русски. Нет?

  • @user-kk4lt6kq8x
    @user-kk4lt6kq8x Місяць тому

    After the snoek line was removed she scanned the group of you looking defensive before she thought better of it and ran back to the ocean. Today was her lucky day and yours! Great job spotting her in that huge mass of seals and then freeing her of her entanglement in a quick catch and release. You guys are amazing!
    🦭😇💕💕😊👍

  • @MonicaEGolak
    @MonicaEGolak Місяць тому +1

    Great job guys💯%👍🙏💖💖💖

  • @marieke3032
    @marieke3032 Місяць тому +1

    😮...The comment you made about seeing a fleet of snoekboats going out and expecting to see the snoekline entanglements to show up any day now 😢 That really got to me for some reason. Such a close, direct cause and effect. Why does that even still hit home, since I already know all this? Shocking all over again; thank you. It shows we need to keep hearing it and we need to be shaken up all the time to stay in the 'urgent' mode. 🌊🦭✂️🌍💙

  • @ratemal4516
    @ratemal4516 Місяць тому

    You are doing a great job. 🦭🦭🦭👍👍👍👍👍👋

  • @debbiebertram
    @debbiebertram Місяць тому +1

    You can tell her feel of freedom as soon as the line was cut. Just like she was yelling let me go I’m free now. ❤❤🦭

  • @deborahlynn4439
    @deborahlynn4439 Місяць тому +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @sydneyo6121
    @sydneyo6121 Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @helenhelps9619
    @helenhelps9619 Місяць тому +3

    🦭🦭

  • @trick351
    @trick351 Місяць тому +3

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