Fewer Cape fur seals are turning up dead at Namibia’s Pelican Point near Walvis Bay after thousands of dead seals were observed ashore in recent weeks. This is according to conservationist Naude Dreyer, who was one of the first people to report the sighting of an estimated 5 000 dead preterm seal pups at the Pelican Point colony earlier this month. By the end of last week, this number increased to 7 000.
Dreyer is one of the founders of non-profit organisation Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN), which cares for endangered seals. On Tuesday, he said premature births in seals occur every year, however, this year’s observation was unusual and a great cause for concern.No new unborn pups have been observed in the last few days, he said.
Data source: All Africa news
