Hout Bay volunteers rescue seal

Keanan Harmse|Published 2 months ago

The seal that was rescued.

A seal snared in a knot of tattered clothes was freed by a group of Hout Bay Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre volunteers in Bantry Bay last Thursday, December 12.

At 6pm, the five-year-old seal was reported to be struggling and stranded on rocks in Bantry Bay.

“After we rescued the seal and freed it from the clothes wrapped around its body, we noticed that the animal had no injuries and returned it back to the ocean,” according to rescue volunteer, Eliam Lipenga.

Mr Lipenga, Joe Willemse and Beaton Phiri all assisted in freeing the entangled seal.

The tattered clothes that entangled the seal.

The seal was found to be struggling and stranded on rocks in Bantry Bay.