The seal does not seem entangled at first, but she has a very visible injury on her shoulder and Denzil and Antoine decide to check her out anyways. As they get closer, they see that she is crippled from entanglement to an extend that she cannot move anymore. She is skinny and weak, a thin piece of fishing line had sliced her open. The rescuers can see where the entanglement got stuck initially, but once she lost a lot of weight the entanglement could slide down further and cause even more harm. We do not know if this seal will survive and recover. But we do know that we have to try our best to give her a chance. Antoine has to force her into the water to wash the wound as quick as possible, and hopefully grab a bite. We apologise for the graphic and disturbing content. We also prefer cute baby seal ambush videos, but we unfortunately deal with this side of the rescue spectrum more often. 🦭
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Two rescuers discovered an injured female seal on a beach who was severely weakened and unable to move properly due to entanglement. After carefully cutting away a recreational fishing line that had cut into her skin, they successfully freed the animal, giving the malnourished seal a chance to recover and hunt again.
Denzil and I just came back from the point where we haven't found any entangled seal
and we decided to drive on the beach and we saw this female in the very back.
We just drove past her. We didn't see the entanglement but we saw that she was hurt.
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. There is a line. There is a line. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
You're good now. You're good now. Man, she can barely move.
Got her? You're gonna be fine now, huh?
You're busy. Try to roll. Yeah. Okay, I'll cut and then we'll remove on the other side, okay?
I can see the line from here. Hey, you're scrubbing it for me? This is the knot. I'm not gonna pull,
huh? I'm scared. Did you see if there was a... There was only this side. This side? Yeah, very
bad cut here. Is there another line here? I don't know. Okay. From the back, I don't think she's
gonna reverse, huh? No. Okay, we're gonna wait for the car to pass. It's okay, my baby. It's okay,
my baby. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. Do you feel okay with
the... with our rope? So you want me to get the rope? I think you just take it out the back. Okay.
You just need to pull the strap on the front. It's okay. It's okay. I like that because you
you show us that you are strong. Oh man, this is awful. Okay, I'm not gonna close much more.
You grab the front? Yeah. Okay, wait. Okay, whenever you want. All right, come with me now.
Come with me. Come with me. Wait, wait, wait. Hey, go, go, go. Go clean that. Go. Go, my baby. Go.
Hey, go. You need to clean it now. Allez, go. I know, I know, but you need to go.
No, no, no. I need to force you to go. I have to force you. Go. Allez, go. Where's the line?
Recreational fishing line. Just one knot tied up in the loop. Not sure why. But yeah,
she was really weak. She's there now. She's looking at us. She was really thin so I don't
think she could hunt. But yeah, now she has a chance.
