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Read recent published observations from South Africa. Each entry keeps its original source attribution and a link back to the archive.
Responders located four Cape fur seals together in a dry-dock tunnel. The same group had been reported earlier in August; subsequent rescue stages are part of this encounter.
Source: Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation / Marine Wildlife Management Programme
17 August 2026 2026 · Western CapeThe aquarium team responded to a juvenile male Cape fur seal resting on a platform with a severe neck entanglement.
Source: Two Oceans Aquarium / Marine Wildlife Management Programme
29 June 2026 2026 · Western CapeHarbour security alerted SMART to an undernourished Cape fur seal yearling. It was captured for care and died the following day; test results were still pending in the report.
Source: Chelsea Pieterse, Mossel Bay Advertiser; SMART
12 May 2026 2026 · Western CapeSMART captured a seal at The Point. A later report identified this as the Mossel Bay animal that tested positive for rabies and avian influenza.
Source: Chelsea Pieterse, Mossel Bay Advertiser; SMART
9 April 2026 2026 · Western CapeAn adult seal was observed alive on the riverbank in the morning. SMART monitored it before it was euthanised later that day; the source reported a subsequent positive rabies test.
Source: Gabriélla Siebritz, Mossel Bay Advertiser; SMART
9 January 2026 2026 · Western Cape